Morse Institue Library
Natick Veterans Oral History Project

97th Bomb Group, 340th Squadrom, Italy 1944.   Mr. Rosoff is pictured first row left.   This photograph was taken the day his B-17 was shot down.   Of the eleven crew members, only three survived.

Stanley's Rosoff's Membership Card for Stalag Luft III.   Mr. Rosoff keeps active in POW organizations.

Telegrams from Secretary of War to Stanley Rosoff's father Thomas Rosoff

April 1, 1944
1st telegram from Secretary of War - Rosoff Missing in Action

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"Your son First Lieutenant Stanley Rosoff has been reported missing in action since eleven March over Italy."

May 17, 1944
Rosoff Prisoner of German Government

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"Report just received from the International Red Cross that First Lieutenant Stanley Rosoff is a prisoner of war of the German Government."

December 23, 1945
Rosoff liberated!

"Stanley Rosoff has returned to Military Control"

January 4, 1946
Stanley Rosoff Coming Home

"Your son Stanley Rosoff is being returned to the United States in the near future and will be given an opportunity to communicate with you upon arrival."