Here is a list of ALL the POW camps in USA, also, some details of a few of the camps, with dates.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_War_II_prisoner-of-war_camps_in_the_United_States On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 5:14 AM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Not actually southie but south of there > > Dwight Giles Jr. > Wickford RI > > On Jan 16, 2018 11:53 PM, "Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes" < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Wait, what? Guineas in Southie? WTF? That ain’t right! I guess they > > would know better than to try to escape. Likely be worse getting out of > > Southie than fighting in yurp and their survival chances would be lowah. > > > > --R > > Sent from iPhone > > > > > On Jan 16, 2018, at 10:48 PM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > There,was,an Italian internment camp in Boston near where,UMass Boston > is > > > now on Columbia Point. > > > > > > Dwight Giles Jr. > > > Wickford RI > > > > > > On Jan 16, 2018 10:23 PM, "Curley McLain via Mercedes" < > > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > >> I found this one, documenting Italian POWs at Ackley, IA I am not > sure > > >> what camp they were housed at. > > >> > > >> https://www.reddit.com/r/wwiipics/comments/7fxxpr/italian_ > > >> pows_on_my_grandfathers_farm_summer_1944/ > > >> > > >> The first article I linked said some Italians were sent to Clarinda, > but > > >> the algona camp would have been a lot closer to Ackley. There was a > > >> vegetable canning plant in Ackley so it is likely a branch camp was > > there, > > >> but I did not find any reference to it. > > >> > > >> Lots of lost memory as that generation dies off. > > >> > > >>> Randy Bennell via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > >>> January 16, 2018 at 4:47 PM > > >>> There were POW camps on Lake of the Woods south of Kenora during the > > war > > >>> too. I am told that they even gave the prisoners guns and let them go > > >>> hunting. No worries I guess as these guys had it made in the shade. > No > > way > > >>> they wanted to escape and go back to the war. They spent the rest of > > the > > >>> war being treated pretty well. > > >>> There was, until only a few years ago, one of the former prisoners > who > > >>> owned a cottage in the area and came back every summer from Germany. > > >>> > > >>> RB > > >>> > > >>> > > >> _______________________________________ > > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > > >> > > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > >> > > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > >> > > >> > > > _______________________________________ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
