From Anzio to Stalag 7A Series: Episode V

TRENTON AND HIS FELLOW prisoners had been hungry, but they chose to remain with the Russians for two weeks. Nevertheless, the Russians, brief on rations, would not share meals with the liberated prisoners. The Red Army was promised $50 per American prisoner repatriated, but apparently that wasn't adequate reward for the Russians to take care of the liberated Americans. Consequently, the former prisoners of war had to discover their personal meals. Trenton and his buddies raided a number of abandoned markets for minimal sustenance, but one day they noticed a wholesome searching cow in a nearby field. The hungry Americans did not hesitate; they slaughtered and butchered the cow. They constructed a big fire and scavenged some tomato paste, pepper, beer, brown sugar, kettles, and paint brushes. They produced their personal sauce, and the hungry young soldiers patiently waited for their barbequed beef - Texas style!

As the Americans accompanied the Russian troops to the west, Trenton became suspicious of the their liberators' behavior. He felt they have been acting like something but friendly allies. They typically pushed the Americans, and they had been becoming belligerent. Some of the Red Army troops pointed their rifles at the Americans, dry fired, and laughed uproariously. Although a Red soldier pointed his rifle at Trenton, he tore into the Russian. A dozen other Red troopers beat and kicked Trenton, but he got loose and knocked various to the ground. Trenton had sufficient of the haughty Russians. He left them and com­mandeered a motorcycle. The young soldier headed west, exactly where he at some point spotted American G.I.s. Ultimately, the young Washington state soldier was on his way back property to his beloved Thorn Creek.

Trenton found he hadn't lost his touch at poker, dice, and other games of likelihood; on the troop ship back to the states, he parlayed some far more funds, mostly at the poker table. Trenton, infused with money, was transferred to Camp Beale, California. Though he arrived, he was hospitalized for a quick time till he gained some of his healthier weight. Then PFC Tonasket was able to go back to Thorn Creek on leave, exactly where he met with his relieved mother and younger brother Bud. On the other hand, he was shocked to come across that his older brother Delbert had died even though beneath Japanese imprisonment.

Though Trenton returned to Camp Beale, the content, but humbled young man was awarded the Combat Infantry Badge and the effectively-deserved Purple Heart. The second eldest of the Tonasket brothers was Ultimately separated from service on October 20, 1945, and headed back to his hometown to finish his higher college education. Soon after he were in the fight of his life - for his life - Trenton had survived.

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