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

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

German POW camp was at Fort McClellan AL. There is a very nice POW cemetery
there that is visited by German families.
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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

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

In article ,
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
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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

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