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To: nickcarraway
Three more camps were authorized in 1943: Fort Sam Houston (San Antonio), which was little more than a tent-city with 170 six-man tents for both POWs and their American guards; Camp Howze (Gainesville); and Camp Hood North (Killeen). : "When the Afrika Korps Came to Texas": World War II POWs in the Lone Star State
3 posted on 12/27/2020 10:44:27 PM PST by Fedora
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To: Fedora
On a related note: This is Your FBI: Escaped POWs (04/27/1945 broadcast)
6 posted on 12/27/2020 10:47:21 PM PST by Fedora
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To: Fedora

I live in Augusta GA. Fort Gordon, right out side of town had a POW camp. Framers etc could “rent” POWs for farm work etc. There is a POW cemetery at one of the gate entrances. The Augusta Nationals hired engineers from Rommel’s army to build a bridge on the Augusta Nationals.


92 posted on 12/28/2020 6:36:43 AM PST by carcraft (Pray for our Country)
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