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Testimony of: Pfc. Donald E. Dunlap, 35834669, Company "I", 157th Infantry.
Taken at: Munich, Germany.
Date: 18 May 1945. By: Lt. Col. J. M. Whitaker, IGD,
Asst. Inspector General, Seventh Army.
The witness was sworn.
954 Q Please state your name, rank, serial number and organization.
A Pfc. Donald E. Dunlap, 35834669, Company "I", 157th Infantry.
(The witness was advised of his rights under the 24th Article of War.)
955 Q What is your assignment?
A BAR man, third platoon, first squad.
956 Q Are you known as, "RED"?
A Yes, sir, that is what they all call me.
957 Q Were you one of the first to reach the fenced-in enclosure in the Dachau Prison Camp?
A No, sir, I was back further searching out some of the barracks and then we went down to the fence after we had all of the buildings searched.
958 Q Were you present or nearby when some Germans were shot along the stockade fence?
A No, sir, I wasn't around there, I was around the other corner of the fence where some inmates were trying to get out.
959 Q At the early part of the taking of the Dachau Concentration Camp did you see Col. Sparks firing his pistol at a German on the ground?
A No, sir, I didn't see Col. Sparks, but I saw another colonel from the 42nd Division. He was firing his pistol.
960 Q What at?
A I didn't see him firing it at anybody, just firing it up in the air. I guess he was trying to scare the prison inmates to keep them from coming out.