Georg Gaertner
Escaped German POW who was never recaptured / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Georg Gärtner (German pronunciation: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈɡɛʁtnɐ]; December 18, 1920 – January 30, 2013) was a German World War II soldier who was captured and held as a prisoner of war by the United States. He escaped from a prisoner of war camp, took on a new identity as Dennis F. Whiles, and was never recaptured. He revealed his true identity after staying some 40 years in the United States.
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Birth name | Georg Gärtner |
Other name(s) | Dennis F. Whiles |
Born | (1920-12-18)December 18, 1920 Schweidnitz, Lower Silesia, German Republic (now Świdnica, Poland) |
Died | January 30, 2013(2013-01-30) (aged 92) |
Service/ | Wehrmacht |
Years of service | 1940–1943 |
Unit | Afrika Korps |
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