I remember many years ago, back in the mid 40's, a neighbor, and a patient of my Dads, who had been a Prisoner of War, was home on furlough. He came over to our house on South Brown Street for a visit one evening. I was very young, and sat there, very attentive, listening to his stories of a war he was still involved in.
He told us of this incident that occurred shortly after his imprisonment, after his capture in the Argon Forest.
He said he and some captured Allied agents of Stalag 15 were attempting yet another prison break.
On that particular night, a Major O'Roarke and Lieutenant Flanagan were chosen to try to cut their way through the barbed wires of the East gate of the prison camp with wire cutters they had stolen from a work party the day before.
Both men were hard at work when the siren sounded, and the floodlights caught them in the act.
As the German officer led them away, O'Roarke said, "We were so careful. How did you ever catch us?"
The German replied, "It's very simple. Somehow, I can always tell .... when Irish spies are filing."
