3 FREED FROM NAZI PRISONS
More Glad News Comes to Dubuqueland Families
More good news has been received by Dubuqueland families, for it was reported Thursday that three servicemen, Pfc. Ralph J. Schetgen and Pfc. William Weber, of Dubuque, and Pvt. William Schilling, East Dubuque, all of whom were German prisoners, are once again under allied military control.
Pfc. Schetgen, whose wife, Ethel, and four children live at 381 Southern avenue, was released by victorious American forces from Stalag 9-B at Bad Orb, Germany, where he was confined since last December.
The news of her husband's liberation was received by Mrs. Schetgen in a war department telegram. Pfc. Schetgen entered the service Jan. 13, 1944, trained at Camp Wolters, Tex., and was sent overseas last October.
He has two brothers and a sister in the service. They are Pfc. Clarence, in the south Pacific; Pfc. Donald, stationed in Germany; and Seaman 2-c Marjorie, of the WAVES, in Washington, D.C.
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Source: Dubuque Telegraph Herald, April 26, 1945 pg 1, col 7
