U-118 POWs arrive at NOB Norfolk, Virginia, 20 June 1943
Werner Drechsler, recovering from a bullet wound to his right knee, disembarks USS Osmond Ingram assisted by Hermann Polowzyk |
Senior survivor of U-118, Josef Grosz, Stabsobermaschinist, departs Osmond Ingram |
Hans Wosnitzka, recovering from surgery aboard USS Osmond Ingram, is taken to the NOB Norfolk Hospital by ambulence |
Junior members of U-118's crew aboard the bus that took them to the NOB Norfolk Hospital for physical examination and initial POW processing - Back Row (L-R) Werner Drechsler, Paul Reum, Erhard Lenk, Klaus Preuss - Front row (L-R) Herman Polowzyk, Gustav Behlke, Walter Schiller, Wilhelm Bort |
Senior U-118 survivors after their physical examinations and initial POW processing - (L-R) Josef Grosz, Josef Holler, Rudolf Wiemer, Werner Reinl, Hans Siebert, Hermann Wiedemann |
Junior survivors of U-118 after physical examinations and initial POW processing - Back Row (L-R) Klaus Preuss, Paul Reum, Herman Polowzyk, Walter Schiller - Front row (L-R) Gustav Behlke, Wilhelm Bort, Erhard Lenk - missing from these photos are Werner Drechsler, Werner Wilke and Hans Wosnitzka who were held at the hospital for medical treatment |
US Army convoy with U-118 POWs departs the hospital at NOB Norfolk for Fort Meade, Maryland |
Front of Werner Drechsler's POW Personnel Record card - POWs were photographed fingerprinted, assigned their POW number, and asked to provide the information on the card as part of their initial processing |
Back of Werner Drechsler's POW Personnel Record card |