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Testimony of: Sgt. Robert Killiam, 20755900, Company "C", 222nd Infantry, 42nd Division.
Taken at: Worgl, Austria.
Date: 15 May 1945. By: Lt. Col. J. W. Whitaker, IGD,
Asst. Inspector General, Seventh Army.
The witness was sworn.
637 Q Please state your name, rank, serial number and organization.
A Sgt. Robert Killiam, 20755900, Company "C", 222nd Infantry, 42nd Division.
(The witness was advised of his rights under the 24th Article of War.)
638 Q What are your duties in the regiment?
A My duties are to stay with the colonel and protect his welfare wherever he goes.
639 Q Which colonel?
A The regimental commander, Lt. Col. Buldoc.
640 Q Were you with him the day the Dachau Concentration Camp was taken?
A Yes, sir, I was.
641 Q After the entry of your party into the camp area did you go to the main gate of the fenced in enclosure?
A No, sir, not directly. We stopped at the outside gate I would say about two and a half blocks, where the prisoners were held. There we were collecting guards and assembling them at the main gate outside.
642 Q Did you go inside?
A Yes, sir.
643 Q Where did you go when you went inside?
A We went directly to the main entrance to the big pen where the prisoners were held.
644 Q To the left of this main entrance to the pen proper and along the side of the stockade they had a canal paralleling it, and there was a tower for guards at which there was some shooting. Do you know which tower I mean?