Crisp-Lowndes County GaArchives News.....ESCAPTED NAZI CAPTORS 1942 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Wylie Sheppard Jr http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00030.html#0007303 September 5, 2012, 1:44 pm CORDELE DISPATCH 1942 SARGEANT DAN L. MULLIS FROM VALDOSTA,GA., MEMBER OF A U.S. ARMY ANTI TANK CREW, WAS CAPTURED BY GERMANS AND FORCED TO DRIVE AN AMERICAN TANK IN A NAZI ADVANCE THROUGH THE QUSSELTIA VALLEY IN TUNISIA. HE AND OTHER WAR PRISIONERS ESCAPED WHEN FRENCH TROOPS FAILED TO RECOGNIZE THE PARTY AND FIRED ON THEM WITH MACHINE GUNS. MULLIS WAS UNHURT AND FINALLY RETURNED TO HIS OWN OUTFIT. Additional Comments: PICTURE ATTACHED TO ARTICLE File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/crisp/newspapers/escapted2753gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.0 Kb