I am sad that William Ash, a gentleman I was previously unfamiliar with, has died.
On the other hand, 96 years is a pretty good run, and his NYT obit is quite entertaining.
Before the war ended, he had attempted 13 escapes and made it outside the barbed wire a half-dozen times. He went under, over and through fences. He walked out in disguise. He tunneled through a latrine. He was always recaptured.
I suspect one reason he was always recaptured is that the Germans could hear him clanking as he walked from miles away.
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