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Show VERNAL PARATROOPERESCAPES PARATROOPER PARATROOPERESCAPES PARATROOPERESCAPES ESCAPES GERMAN PRISON Friday , April the 13th may maybe maibe be an mai unlucky day for some somepeople somepeople som < Hie people but for Mr and Mrs Mn Wil Wilford Wilford WilBastian ford Bastian Bastlan it was one of joy joywhen joywhen joawhen when they received a letter trom from fromtheir fronrtheir their son Pfc June Bastian Bastianparatrooper , paratrooper who was reported reportedmissing reportecmissing missing January 4 , 1944 in 10 Bel Belgium Belglum BelglumIn In his letter written April Aprtl 4 4and 4and 4and and received Friday Pfc Pie Bastian Bastiansaid Bastiansaid Bastiarsaid said he was taken a prisoner by bythe bythe bthe } the Germans on January 4 He H < ! made three attempts to escape escafrom , the German Gennan prison camp campbut Gennanjrlson jrlson was recaptured ncapture on h1 hip campI first firsttwo I attempts attemvts He succeeded suciectied succ.e succe . < led In ( American Ameri"an Amerian { " lines on 011 oti hh hi hi'third hithird ' try ' His feet were frol.e frole froeA fro . CA ' \ luring during < ' escape pnd end he suffcrc-d suffcrc d suUcrc.d suUcrcd sufferm.d suffermd . . - from - ' beforj befor . he r rt4 rt4hid r/ r rt , . / t . hI hid ( d ' nes in Be'giuii Begiuii Be'giul Begiul Be'giui Begiui ' , * . Heis He now flow r a ncovering LoverIng covering ( nice niceb nicely ! ) In < n an Red Cross hospital in inBelgium IrBelgium IrBelgiumDuring During his first escape he and andi andithree companions went into Ge Ger German officers ' quarters by mis- mis misLake mi - - and were captured Aiter Alter Alterthey had been in prison pnson for s v ! d days Ys they again m made mide de anes an an- - as es . , catching a passing train reached the country but picked up by civilians eivHions who them to be pilots piJots It w wn ! , Q QTI piw 11 gI 9f 91 the 1bq fb . 1 < 1e4Ca . e4Ca escapes e4capea tbAtLStbV thntUiy t1 t1Into , I Into to IJ , u a , w German eflnan an dugout fo foi f : ' " Yfhey , g , I Itheir = their not nqt write writ VTi , ) what 1a ' fog the < he dugout ii \ J rSTw rSTwThe . At ' , The hospital 110pital $ informed th thqjar .P P . , ' that nothing seriously serioualy was with June that good & 000 y'gst ygst ' st ' proper food : could 1Ould not cUre ctzre cure , . It n is ex exp expected.that expectedthat ctedthat tedJthat , . when beJs 1ICIs be { li to travel ne he will . b be sent in .t t n .tun tun . JUme . on a h SIL short ti tt furlouel furlougb furlough his way overseas |