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good book about prisoners of war
There was a camp in Phoenix- some of the German POWs heard that they were
not too far from the Salt River, so they put together some kind of raft and got through the wire. Imagine their disappointment at reaching the rock-strewn ditch that passes for a river in Arizona. Incidentally, they got caught. -- Jim Atkins Twentynine Palms CA USA "Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." - Groucho Marx |
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David Lesher wrote:
German POW's held in the US. I recall reading the Army shipped most into the Midwest. (I know there was one camp in Sandusky OH area.) Reportedly a German POW camp located near the massive U.S. Army Sioux Ordinance Depot approximately 20 miles from Sidney, Nebraska. When WW2 started the installation provided hundreds of earthen bomb storage bunkers dotting the prairie, in addition to a vast complex of warehouses that were used throughout WW2, Korea and Vietnam. In 1967, most of the complex was turned over to area farmers/ranchers and a community college (where I received my A&P mechanic certificate in 1983). -Mike Marron |
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German POW camp was at Fort McClellan AL. There is a very nice POW cemetery
there that is visited by German families. wrote in message ... David Lesher wrote: German POW's held in the US. I recall reading the Army shipped most into the Midwest. (I know there was one camp in Sandusky OH area.) Reportedly a German POW camp located near the massive U.S. Army Sioux Ordinance Depot approximately 20 miles from Sidney, Nebraska. When WW2 started the installation provided hundreds of earthen bomb storage bunkers dotting the prairie, in addition to a vast complex of warehouses that were used throughout WW2, Korea and Vietnam. In 1967, most of the complex was turned over to area farmers/ranchers and a community college (where I received my A&P mechanic certificate in 1983). -Mike Marron |
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On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 04:12:30 GMT, "Jim Atkins"
wrote: There was a camp in Phoenix- some of the German POWs heard that they were not too far from the Salt River, so they put together some kind of raft and got through the wire. Imagine their disappointment at reaching the rock-strewn ditch that passes for a river in Arizona. Incidentally, they got caught. There was a POW camp for Italians just north of San Bernardino (not far from the Stringfellow Acid Pits). They only tore out the last foundation slab a couple of years ago. Back then, that was a remote location, although there's a river that goes to San Pedro eventually not too far away. Mary -- Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer "A MiG at your six is better than no MiG at all." Anonymous US fighter pilot |
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Cub Driver wrote: There was a German camp in or near Tucson. The PWs built the road up to Mt Lemmon, the improbable ski resort that burned earlier this year. all the best -- Dan Ford email: www.danford.net/letters.htm#9 see the Warbird's Forum at http://www.danford.net/index.htm Vietnam | Flying Tigers | Pacific War | Brewster Buffalo | Piper Cub There was one for German POWs outside of Lawrence KS. Ruins were still in existance when I was there 83-89. Danforth Chapel, On the University Grounds, was supposedly build by POW labor. I got the feeling from what I had read about Axis POWs that they were kept mostly in small groups (50-100), spread out throughout the heartland. They provided farm labor. -- Dana Miller |
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Dana Miller wrote:
I got the feeling from what I had read about Axis POWs that they were kept mostly in small groups (50-100), spread out throughout the heartland. They provided farm labor. -- Dana Miller Some of the main camps were larger. The algona IA camp held 3000 according to their web site at http://www.pwcamp.algona.org/ They also had small camps in the 50-100 occupant range. The Algona experience is unique. One of the prisoners built a nativity scene that still exists and is shown at the county fairground. Another was held within 50 miles of a relative who had emmigrated to the US before the war. Found some of this out while shuttling my daughter as she researched her history day project. MAH |
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