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Pfc Sylvester J. Sumeracki was a member of a Headquarters
1st Battalion machine gun crew led by Cpl James T. Wynn on D-Day and he was
captured that same day. Sumeracki was held as a POW
until May 7 1945 when he was liberated from Stalag IV-B which was one
of the largest prisoner of war camps in Germany during World War II. The
main camp was located about 30 miles (50 km) north of Dresden.
 After
being processed by the U.S. Military Pfc Sumeracki was put aboard the
USS Admiral W. S. Benson (AP-120) and arrived in New York City harbor on 12
June 1945.
Sylvester died on 10 January 1995 in Troy, Michigan. |
