First Lieutenant Walter P. Guenther
DOB: 8 September 1918
Place of Birth: Berlin, Germany
Inducted: 1939
Discharged: 1945
Germany. Army (Wehrmacht)
World War, 1939-1945
Germany. Army. Infantry Division, 50th
Germany. Army. Infantry Division 371st
Prisoner of war (POW): Yes
Service injury: Yes
28 October 2008
Saratoga Springs, NY
Being wounded 3 times in Russia
Helicopter ride
Fleeing Russia
Guenther, Dr. Walter P.
Stalingrad
Tarnopol, Galicia
France
France
Russia
Newspaper clippings and a typed paper on his experiences
Interesting interview
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