Two prisoner exchanges took place between the 94th Division and the Germans in the isolated pockets. Mr. Andrew Hodges the American Red Cross representative assigned to the 302nd Infantry was the chief coordinator for the exchanges. On November 17, 1944, he arranged an ease fire between the Americans and the Germans in order to negotiate a prisoner exchange in the Lorient sector. After close inspection, the Germans accepted 71 men for exchange. Most of the men were from the ill-fated patrol from the 301st Infantry, with some prisoners from the 6th Armored and 83rd Infantry divisions. A second prisoner exchange was arranged on November 29th in the St Nazaire sector, fifty-three servicemen were repatriated. On December 15th and 29th, two more exchanges took place with a total of 140 allied soldiers liberated.

This video is the sixth part of my remarkable Germany At War videos. It consists of rare authentic photos and portraits of soldiers during the war that I have put together from the period of 1933- 1946.