The Curry Barracks
army prison was not a nice place. It was a place of punishment.
He was told by the commanding officer that there had never been
a person he could not break. Sam was told he would have
to go naked or put on a military uniform. Sam went naked.
He was given a sentence of 3 days bread and water. The
guards turned off the heat to his cell, and opened his window
to try to force him to put on the military clothes. After
a number of attempts they gave up.
Audio
Credit: Mennonite Church USA Archives Goshen, Indiana.
Hist.Mss.
1-835. Samuel V. Martin Collection.
Sam Martin
telling the story of his imprisonment in WWII for Frances Greaser
ca. 1982/83.
