Knowing how the Soviets would treat them, many U.S. commanders refused to give up their Soviet POWs. Patton, I believe, was one such commander.
I knew a Red Army veteran who was captured on the Eastern Front early in the war and spent most of WW II in a POW camp in Austria -- where he was treated very well. As the end of the war approached, he walked away from the camp and went west as fast as he could; he knew what would happen to him if he fell back into Soviet hands.
He surrendered to a unit in Patton's command, where he was kept from the Soviets in the immediate post-war. Eventually, he gained refugee status and was allowed into the US.
He loved the US with a greater passion than anybody I've ever known.
Check out Operation Keelhaul on the web. The story is out there. It’s a sad chapter in our history.
I hope God took all those commanders in. It’s rare to exhibit moral godlike qualities nowadays.
I wonder how many Russians if given the chance would choose freedom in the west over whatever Putin is offering.