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SF: To get back to Dachau for one second, wasn't there a Captain Jack Andrews or Anderson. I'm trying to think of it. Now, this guy apparently --

SI: Who was it?

SF: Captain Jack Anderson, Andrews.

SI: Andrews. Jack Andrews, yes.

SF: Now he talked to you and George, right, and he apparently went off on his own to the main camp early on. Is that right?

SI: Right, right. He, for some reason -- he died about four years ago or so. He came to the... I think, yes, he did come to the San Francisco reunion and shortly after that he died. He's very reluctant to talk about this and from what I can gather -- I know him very well. We visited them in Texas and became very good friends. I still communicate with his son, Bill Andrews. He's in San Antonio, no -- Austin, Texas, and I still communicate with his wife. He apparently saw or experienced some contact with the Dachau prisoners, but the best, from what I can gather, he's very reluctant to talk about it because he was at a place where he was not supposed to be. And he was a real Texan. He could shoot his .45 as accurately as I could shoot a 30 caliber carbine. He was incredible. In Texas they grow up with guns. But he... I really can't add more to this story other than that he has mentioned, not to me, but maybe to George or someone, some of his experiences in seeing, or what camp he went to or what... but it's too bad. He won't -- he didn't, he did not elaborate on his direct contact or experience with Dachau. And I think Billy Taylor, whom I believe is still alive, also had some contact with Dachau and the prisoners, but I don't know how much he's related of his experiences or exactly what they were. But I think the best, total compilation of evidence that exists is Ted Sukiyama's portion of the Fire for Effect book. Ted sent me several versions of it while he was writing it, and I tried help him wherever I could. And I talked, I got other people to write their experiences. I even sent out a questionnaire. I sent out, no agenda that I had, but I wanted to get as much evidence as I could for our involvement with Dachau and Dachau prisoners. I get very little response, I must say.

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