In this first episode of 2026 we will hear an amazing story about courage, American grit and survival. PFC Fritchman, of Bethlehem PA, served in WW2 and was captured by the Germans in February 1945. He was a POW for 73 days at Stalag-IXB at Bad Orb. Here is first hand account of capture and liberation through newspaper accounts of the events.
What if an ancestor who served in World War II—someone you never even met—had written letters you never knew existed… and suddenly they surfaced in the world?
That’s what this podcast is about: real letters written home by U.S. servicemen and women during World War II. My mission is simple: to bring these World War II voices back to the families they belong to—one letter, one story at a time.
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