Edward Smith

Edward Smith was born on 10 February 1917 in Allen, United States of America.

In 1939, he moved to New York. In 1942, he joined the US Air Force. He was stationed in Standon Air Base in Standon, United Kingdom from where he fought against the German soldiers in Operation Sealion.

Eventually, it became inevitable that the UK would fall so he was recalled to the US in June.

In May 1943, he was stationed in Springdale, Canada.

In March 1944, he restationed to Waterbury.

In August 1945, he was shot down by a Luftwaffe plane off the coast of Ogunquit. He swam to shore where he was captured by Heer soldiers. He was held in a prison camp in Sanford where he remained until 1947 when he returned to New York.

In 1954, members of the Einsatzgruppen of the Allgemeine SS led by Freidrich Distler arrested him and his family to be executed. They were taken out of their home and pushed onto the street. Soldiers of the Heer led by Jakob Rosenberg from Nazi-Amerika Gebäude across the street came and arrested the SS member.