Wesley Keil Freed
Andrew, Ia. - Special: Pvt. Wesley Keil was liberated from a prison camp in Germany, according to a cablegram from him to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Keil, of three miles north of Andrew.
“Liberated and quite okay. Will be seeing you soon,” was all the information contained in the message.
Pvt. Keil was taken prisoner on Nov. 26, after which he was reported as missing in action, and it was not until March 19 that his parents were notified he was a prisoner.
He entered the army on April 26, 1944, and was sent overseas the following September. He served with the 84th division in Holland.
Source: Dubuque Telegraph Herald, April 26, 1945, pg. 14, col. 4
