title: Oral History Interview with Marvin B. Edwards, March 6, 1971
title: World War II Prisoners of War Oral History Project
creator: Marcello, Ronald E.
creator: Edwards, Marvin B., 1923-
publisher: University of North Texas
date: 1971-03-06
language: English
description: Interview with Marvin B. Edwards, chemist and Army Air Corps
 veteran (95th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force), concerning his experiences as
 a prisoner-of-war of the Germans after being shot down over Nazi-occupied
 Europe during World War II. Edwards discusses his rescue by the Belgian
 underground, his capture and interrogation (1944), solitary confinement,
 Stalag Luft 3, Sagan, Germany, Nürnberg (Stalag 13-D) and Moosburg (Stalag
 7-A) (1945), and his liberation by American troops. Appendix includes Edwards'
 dossier at Oflag Luft Three, Excerpts from Edwards' prison diary, and Edwards'
 escape map.
subject: People - Individuals
subject: oral histories
subject: biographies
subject: interviews
subject: Military and War - Wars - World War II
subject: Military and War - United States Armed Forces - United States Air Force
subject: WWII
subject: prisoners of war
subject: Bomber pilots
subject: Stalag Luft III
subject: Stalag VII A
subject: Kriegsgefangenenlager Nürnberg-Langwasser
subject: Edwards, Marvin B., 1923-
coverage: United States - Texas
coverage: Belgium
coverage: Germany
coverage: 1923~/1971
coverage: Into Modern Times, 1939-Present
rights: Public
rights: All rights reserved. To request a copy, contact the Oral History
 Program.
type: Book
format: [2] 146 p. ; 28 cm. + Appendix ([1] 10 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.)
format: Text
identifier: oclc: 156792342
identifier: untcat: b3241788
identifier: call-no: OH 67
identifier: local-cont-no: Number 67
identifier: https://texashistory.unt.edu./ark:/67531/metadc1857645/
identifier: ark: ark:/67531/metadc1857645