Blanche Nathan Emmer was born in 1893 in Camden, NJ. After losing both of her sons in WWII she was interviewed by St. Louis journalist Virginia Irwin for a very moving article in the local newspaper. In July, 1944, Irwin had interviewed her oldest son, Wallace Nathan Emmer, at his base in France only a few weeks before he was shot down and captured by the Germans. He later died at the Dulag Luft POW camp in Wetzlar, Germany.
Blanche Nathan Emmer was born in 1893 in Camden, NJ. After losing both of her sons in WWII she was interviewed by St. Louis journalist Virginia Irwin for a very moving article in the local newspaper. In July, 1944, Irwin had interviewed her oldest son, Wallace Nathan Emmer, at his base in France only a few weeks before he was shot down and captured by the Germans. He later died at the Dulag Luft POW camp in Wetzlar, Germany.
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