A story of survival,
hunger and reflection from a teenaged prisoner of war inside Germany
near the end of WWII. From capture at the Battle of The Bulge to the
final escape from his German guards, the author allows us a glimpse into
the despair and agony of being a prisoner in a foreign land.
Herb Sheaner was a
regional supervisor with Dunlop Tire and Rubber Corporation before
establishing the
Sheaner Insurance Agency in 1952. Herb also coached
high school track & field twenty-one years with his teams winning seven
State Meet Championships. He has been married to Gloria fifty-three
years and they have three children. During the war he was a private
first class in Company G, 422nd Regiment of the 106th Infantry Division.
After receiving ASTP training at University of Alabama he joined the
106th at Camp Atterbury in Indiana where he earned “Expert” rifleman
honors and was designated Co. G Sniper and Regimental Scout. Having
missed transfer as a replacement into other divisions he and the rest of
the 106th found themselves placed on the front lines inside Germany on
the eve of the Battle of the Bulge. Fifty years later he recalls his
experience.