May 5, 1945 - A Letter to Mary

In a letter written to his fiancé Mary Burton, on May 5, 1945 from Stalag Luft VIIA, David Yemen wondered if she had been notified yet that he was safe and now a prisoner of war, “…everything has been such a shambles in these Gerry prison camps the last month or so that it’s a wonder if they have got the news through.”  Yemen goes on to tell Mary that he and crewmate Gerard Kelleher were moved to a ‘regular camp,’ leaving Douglas Hicks and Gordon Nicol behind [at Dulag Luft] and that “other than having lost some weight (and hair),” he was O.K.