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Marcel Crespin WW2 POW survivor

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posted on 2024-06-05, 18:17 authored by Their Finest Hour Project Team

Survival of Marcel Crespin during WW2, as a French soldier in 1940, prisoner in Stalag IIA in Germany, being released by the Germans in 1942 until D-Day in Normandy. Please see pdf document for the full account.

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Marcel Crespin, French soldier

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Christophe Crespin

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He was my granddad

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Shared online via the Their Finest Hour project website.

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93519

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