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Oscar J. H. Thomas joined the 45th Division of the National Guard in 1939 in Muskogee, Oklahoma, to make some extra money for his family. Little did he know that this commitment would take him across an ocean into World War II, where he would fight battles in Sicily and France, sustain a head injury, become captured by Germans and imprisoned in a Nazi prison camp, Oflag 64. After making a courageous escape, he wandered across Poland looking for his fellow soldiers. This is the story of Thomas, his brothers, and the other fighting men of the 180th Infantry Regiment, the Thunderbirds.
About the Author: Oscar Thomas was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, in 1914. He joined the National Guard in 1939 to earn extra money for his young family. His brothers and one brother-in-law served together in the same regiment, and two brothers-in-law served in other regiments.. Thomas was a Lieutenant when his regiment, the 180th Infantry, the Thunderbirds, was sent to Europe to fight in World War II. He was eventually promoted to Captain, in charge of communications during the Thunderbirds' trek through France. After being wounded and recovering, he was captured in France by the Germans, spending six months in a Nazi prison camp in Poland. He escaped, walking and hitching across Poland until he was reunited with other members of his battalion. Ironically his home, his brother's, and that of his parents were destroyed by a tornado the day before he and his brother arrived home for the war, but the families survived. Thomas owned a grocery store and filling station when his regiment was called to fight in Korea. He served as Major during the Korean War. After both wars, Thomas remained with the National Guard, as an officer for the Thunderbirds, retiring in the late 1960s as a Lieutenant Colonel. He was elected Muskogee County Treasurer in the 1960s, serving in that position until his retirement in the 80s, never facing an opponent. A family man, nothing made him happier than spending time with the Thomas clan, and since all the "boys" had served in the war and all had miraculously made it back home, Sunday dinners were always a time for retelling war stories to each other and to their wives and children. Thomas and his wife Dorothy lost their oldest daughter at age four but raised three other children and were loving grandparents to nine grandchildren. Thomas was a devout Baptist, serving as deacon of New Hope Baptist Church for many years until his death in 1992.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781484122914
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 218
  • Series Title: English
  • Weight: 299 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1484122917
  • Publisher Date: 14 Apr 2013
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 12 mm
  • Width: 152 mm


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