[MBZ] OT For Wilton and Aviation BUFFs

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Re: [MBZ] OT for Wilton: December 25 1944, a Christmas B-24 story

More info about the area and the SQDN.   https://449th.com/grottaglie-italy/ I had the good fortune to be in the area 20 yrs ago.  I know there were bomb and fighter groups stationed around Bari and Foggia, but could not find any further info.  The map on this website is very informative.

[MBZ] OT for Wilton: December 25 1944, a Christmas B-24 story

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[MBZ] OT FOR WILTON

This recent thread is evidently related to my "TWO STRANGERS" post in July, 2014, in which I related my story of two young men who lived with my family for several weeks in the summer of 1944. I did not realize it then, but I now feel confident that they were very likely German POW's. Here's

Re: [MBZ] OT FOR WILTON -- Prisoners of War in the US

I knew of a couple of camps in OK, but had no idea there were so many! On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 3:44 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > G Mann rocks. > > On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 2:16 PM, G Mann via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > > Here is a list

Re: [MBZ] OT FOR WILTON -- Prisoners of War in the US

G Mann rocks. On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 2:16 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > 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- >

Re: [MBZ] OT FOR WILTON -- Prisoners of War in the USA

Or ID. On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 10:02 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > http://www.iptv.org/iowapathways/mypath/world-war-ii-prisoners-war-iowa > Germans at Algona and Clarinda. > > http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2002-10-07/news/ >

Re: [MBZ] OT FOR WILTON -- Prisoners of War in the US

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

Re: [MBZ] OT FOR WILTON -- Prisoners of War in the US

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

Re: [MBZ] OT FOR WILTON -- Prisoners of War in the US

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

Re: [MBZ] OT FOR WILTON -- Prisoners of War in the US

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

Re: [MBZ] OT FOR WILTON -- Prisoners of War in the US

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

Re: [MBZ] OT FOR WILTON -- Prisoners of War in the USA

http://www.iptv.org/iowapathways/mypath/world-war-ii-prisoners-war-iowa Germans at Algona and Clarinda. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2002-10-07/news/0210070179_1_pow-camps-german-soldiers-traveling http://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1554=annals-of-iowa Italian and German

Re: [MBZ] OT FOR WILTON -- German Prisoners of War in South Carolina

Amazing stories - great living history. Thanks to all for sharing. On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 5:47 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > 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

Re: [MBZ] OT FOR WILTON -- German Prisoners of War in South Carolina

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

Re: [MBZ] OT FOR WILTON -- German Prisoners of War in South Carolina

Same is true for Houlton, Maine. Even today its pretty remote, this is where RT95 starts (or stops I suppose) as it turns into Canada. The info I found says they were housed in Houlton, I'm curious how they got to Caribou, its an hour drive now...There was an Air Force (then Army Air Corps)

Re: [MBZ] OT FOR WILTON -- German Prisoners of War in South Carolina

I worked for a lot of the local farmers when I was growing up, many of whom were second and third generation German immigrants. They had nothing but good things to say about the POWs, as I suspect they knew the POWs weren’t goose-stepping had core Nazis, just guys that were more or less

Re: [MBZ] OT FOR WILTON -- German Prisoners of War in South Carolina

Family lore states that there were POWs on the farm. My dad was born in '43 and apparently one of the POWs asked where his father was to which he replied "Over in Germany killin Germans!" Grandmother talks of bringing lunch out and accidentally driving away with the guard's gun in the car.

Re: [MBZ] OT FOR WILTON -- German Prisoners of War in South Carolina

My father in law was a guard at Camp Atterbury’s POW camp during WWII: https://www.indystar.com/story/news/history/retroindy/2017/03/01/italian-pow-camp-experience-added-indiana-historical-society-exhibit-camp-atterbury/98348516/ He was always embarrassed about it, as if serving at home was less

[MBZ] OT FOR WILTON -- German Prisoners of War in South Carolina

No mention of camps in NC but maybe the guys you knew were from here? --FT http://www.oldonesdream.com/my-blog/2013/05/german-prisoners-of-war-in-south-carolina.html 05/16/2013 German Prisoners of War in South Carolina Thomas and I were parked on the shoulder of a county road

Re: [MBZ] OT: VW Wilton Wheels

Yep, umm--hmmm. W - Original Message - From: "Mitch Haley via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> To: "Mercedes List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Cc: "Mitch Haley" <mi...@mitchellhaley.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2017 5:20 PM Subject: [MBZ]

Re: [MBZ] OT: VW Wilton Wheels

On Tue, 30 May 2017 18:20:59 -0400 (EDT) Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: > Oops, wrong picture. > Try this: > http://www.materiaincognita.com.br/tag/kombis/ Yes, that works much better. A VW Kombi tractor with a VW Kombi semi-trailer. Cute. Craig

Re: [MBZ] OT: VW Wilton Wheels

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Re: [MBZ] OT: VW Wilton Wheels

> On May 30, 2017 at 6:08 PM Craig via Mercedes wrote: > > > On Tue, 30 May 2017 17:20:00 -0400 (EDT) Mitch Haley via Mercedes > wrote: > > > I didn't notice the rims at first: > >

Re: [MBZ] OT: VW Wilton Wheels

On Tue, 30 May 2017 17:20:00 -0400 (EDT) Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: > I didn't notice the rims at first: > https://68.media.tumblr.com/93680ae9293d74af93c1cb87ef18d7fd/tumblr_olvrtk9LLu1ttxfeno1_500.jpg That page shows: This XML file does not appear to have any

[MBZ] OT: VW Wilton Wheels

I didn't notice the rims at first: https://68.media.tumblr.com/93680ae9293d74af93c1cb87ef18d7fd/tumblr_olvrtk9LLu1ttxfeno1_500.jpg ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options

[MBZ] OT: Oh Wilton...

‎You miss this weather, don't you...? http://www.upnorthlive.com/news/story.aspx?id=1121932#.VGVNMzhMHHw ‎ Rick Sent from my BlackBerry Z10 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change

Re: [MBZ] OT: Oh Wilton...

My son flew into Houghton, MI today. He says there is a fair amount of snow. The plane (commuter type) just barely stopped at the far end of the runway due to the slippery snow. On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 6:33 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: ‎You miss this weather, don't

[MBZ] OT: Oh Wilton... What happened to Christmas

You miss this weather, don't you...? http://www.upnorthlive.com/news/story.aspx?id=1121932#.VGVNMzhMHHw Rick I went to sleep and woke up in January! Here is the forecast for Rhinelander, WI, 40 mi S of the south border of the UP Thursday Night: Mostly to partly cloudy with flurries

Re: [MBZ] OT: Oh Wilton...

Um-hmm; 'glad to be missing it, too! Wilton - Original Message - From: Rick Knoble via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2014 7:33 PM Subject: [MBZ] OT: Oh Wilton... ‎You miss this weather, don't you