Name: Thomas J. Bugg, Jr.

                         Branch of Service: U.S. Army

                         Unit: 55th IRTC Battalion

                         Rank: 1 LT

                         Dates of Service: 8/4/1942-1/15/1946

                         Theater of Service: EAMET

Lt. Bugg was captured by the German Army on 6 October 1944 in Germany and imprisoned in a POW camp for U.S. military officers at Oflag 64, Poland.  In January 1945, prisoners at Oflag 64 were told that the camp was to be evacuated in 24 hours.  Everyone was in great spirits with that news!    Each prisoner was given enough Red Cross food to last about one week.  Little did they realize that they would be marching in subzero temperatures to Hammelburg, Germany, approximately 350 miles away. 

                         Thomas J. Bugg, Jr.'s Oral History