The Pittsburgh Press (October 7, 1944)
Eight Americans reported hanged by Germans
Paris, France (UP) –
The newspaper Front National reported today that French Forces of the Interior had found the bodies of eight American soldiers hanged by Germans from trees isolated in the Compiègne Forest.
The FFI said two unarmed Americans had been kidnapped by the Germans near La Faisanderie, carried into the forest and hanged. Six others allegedly met a similar fate near Lacroix-Saint-Ouen.
The newspaper said U.S. troops helped the FFI clear the forest but that only seven Germans were found alive, the others having escaped in civilian clothes.