U-118 POWs arrive at NOB Norfolk, Virginia, 20 June 1943

Werner Drechsler, recovering from a bullet wound to his right knee, disembarks USS Osmond Ingram assisted by Hermann Polowzyk

Senior survivor of U-118, Josef Grosz, Stabsobermaschinist, departs Osmond Ingram

Hans Wosnitzka, recovering from surgery aboard USS Osmond Ingram, is taken to the NOB Norfolk Hospital by ambulence

Junior members of U-118's crew aboard the bus that took them to the NOB Norfolk Hospital for physical examination and initial POW processing - Back Row (L-R) Werner Drechsler, Paul Reum, Erhard Lenk, Klaus Preuss - Front row (L-R) Herman Polowzyk, Gustav Behlke, Walter Schiller, Wilhelm Bort

Senior U-118 survivors after their physical examinations and initial POW processing - (L-R) Josef Grosz, Josef Holler, Rudolf Wiemer, Werner Reinl, Hans Siebert, Hermann Wiedemann

Junior survivors of U-118 after physical examinations and initial POW processing - Back Row (L-R) Klaus Preuss, Paul Reum, Herman Polowzyk, Walter Schiller - Front row (L-R) Gustav Behlke, Wilhelm Bort, Erhard Lenk - missing from these photos are Werner Drechsler, Werner Wilke and Hans Wosnitzka who were held at the hospital for medical treatment

US Army convoy with U-118 POWs departs the hospital at NOB Norfolk for Fort Meade, Maryland

Front of Werner Drechsler's POW Personnel Record card - POWs were photographed fingerprinted, assigned their POW number, and asked to provide the information on the card as part of their initial processing

Back of Werner Drechsler's POW Personnel Record card