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• Local civilian contractors among first American POWs in WWII

  February 3, 2013 in City, Idaho on Page B1 After seven decades, Don Rumpel still gets choked up as he recalls his father’s internment in Japanese prison camps and his liberation at the end of World War II. His … 3

• WWII bomber pilot held ex-POW group together

  April 27, 2010 in City on Page A6 Jerry Gleesing, a World War II bomber pilot who survived German prison camps and returned to his childhood sweetheart, died Sunday at age 85. Gleesing was commander of the Spokane …

• WWII veteran, ex-POW Jerry Gleesing dies in Spokane

  April 26, 2010 in City Jerry Gleesing, a World War II bomber pilot who survived German prison camps to return to his childhood sweetheart, died Sunday at age 85. 2