Vincigliata A military batman was a soldier or airman assigned to a commissioned officer as a personal servant. In the Royal Navy they were called stewards. The position was generally phased out after the war. There were a number of escape plans from the castle. O'Connor's attempt over the wall had failed, with the inevitable punishment of a month's solitary confinement. Then in mid-September 1942 a tunnel was started and designed by Neame, a Royal Engineer. Various officers took it in turns to work on it in shifts of four hours per day. This was hard blistering work, but they managed
Edwin A. Loberg Edwin A. Loberg Edwin A. Loberg was a colonel in the United States Air Force. A native of Tigerton, Wisconsin, Loberg was born on February 20, 1915. He graduated from what is now the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and would marry June Madsen and would have 3 sons, 2 grand daughters. Loberg died on February 28, 2004 and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Loberg first joined the United States Army Air Corps in 1941. After being commissioned an officer, he was assigned to the 26th Bombardment Squadron based at Hickam Field where he survived the Attack on Pearl Harbor