As I am knee-deep in reading, writing, scanning and editing
for the 2nd edition of the book, I was overwhelmed to find another list of POW
monitors that I had not yet known. This list was found thanks to the copious
amount of materials sent to me by T/Sgt. Heer, himself a former POW held by the
Japanese who discovered the letters sent to his family. In his research he
found a Coshocton Tribune article noting the letters received by the Shurtz
family. The article listed each letter and postcard author! Here they are (apologies for formatting chaos, I had to get back to the book!):
|
Last Name
|
First Name
|
City/Town
|
State
|
|
Landis
|
Paul
|
Lancaster
|
Pennsylvania
|
|
Smetzer
|
Mrs. Olive
|
Bakersfield
|
California
|
|
Hagedorn
|
Mrs. Carl
|
Everett
|
Washington
|
|
O’Connor
|
Miss. Frann
|
Binghamton
|
New York
|
|
Fortier
|
Lt. B.D.
|
Kingman
|
Arizona
|
|
Ferguson
|
Clifford
|
Berwick
|
Maine
|
|
Workman
|
Mrs. W.
|
Burlingame
|
California
|
|
Gates
|
Mrs. Clyde
|
Lansing
|
Michigan
|
|
Zarback
|
Mrs. Evelyn
|
Tacoma
|
Washington
|
|
Umbriaco
|
Mike
|
Denver
|
Colorado
|
|
Myers
|
Mrs. Violet
|
Albuquerque
|
New Mexico
|
|
Neale
|
D.H.
|
Toronto
|
Canada
|
|
Gallagher
|
G.C.
|
San Francisco
|
California
|
|
Self
|
Roy H.
|
Roy
|
New Mexico
|
|
Medsker
|
Mrs. Louis
|
Boise
|
Idaho
|
|
Hart
|
Mrs. R.R.
|
Harley
|
Idaho
|
|
Dept. Electrical Eng.
|
Univ. N.M.
|
Albuquerque
|
New Mexico
|
|
Wright
|
Mrs. C.E.
|
Scotia
|
California
|
|
Branson
|
Stanley
|
Corvallis
|
Oregon
|
|
Wagner
|
Jesse D.
|
Medford
|
Oregon
|
|
South
|
B.O.
|
San Francisco
|
California
|
|
Hollarn
|
Mrs. G.L.
|
Santa Cruz
|
California
|
|
Snook
|
Mrs. I.J.
|
Pogosa Springs
|
Colorado
|
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