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John N. Patterson was commandant of the Point Lookout POW camp for most of its existence. The camp was built to hold 10,000 men but the population often swelled to between 12,000 and 20,000 after the exchange of prisoners was halted. 50,000 men were prisoners there at one time or another, and over 4,000 died.
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How do I find a picture and article of someone that was taken at Heppenheim POW camp?
Heppenheim was not a designed as a POW camp, it was a sub-camp of Dachau Concentration Camp. See the link.
Was there a World War 2 POW camp in South Dakota?
Yes, in Sioux Falls and Yankton. Edit: The Sioux Falls and Yankton camps were branch POW camps of the main POW camp in Algona Iowa. The POW camp in Algona had a total of 34 branch camps in IA, MN, SD and ND. There was also main POW camp in Igloo SD that administered six branch POW camps in western SD, including POW camps at Ft Meade (near Sturgis) and Belle Fourche. POW's did much of the stone work on the grounds of the Ft. Meade VA hospital and they were used for farm labor in the wheat and beet fields in the area.
What does POW mean World War 2?
Prisoner of war, usually said as POW camp.
Why did Camp Douglas happen?
Please clarify which Camp Douglas you're referring to.. Camp Douglas could refer to a US Army post along the Oregon Train, a Union POW camp during the American Civil War, a US POW camp during World War II, or a mining camp in Norway.
What were POW camps in the Vietnam war?
POW camps for Communist (NVA/VC) Prisoners of War were operated by the South Vietnamese Government: See website: Prisoner-of-war Camps.
Which POW camp was Leslie Harrison kept in?
POW Camp #1 at Fukuoka, Japan.
How do I find a picture and article of someone that was taken at Heppenheim POW camp?
Heppenheim was not a designed as a POW camp, it was a sub-camp of Dachau Concentration Camp. See the link.
Was Auschwitz a POW camp?
No, it was a concentration camp/extermination camp but it did have many POWs
Where is Bretzenheim pow camp?
Germany
What was a concentration camp?
internment area for POW's
What do the pow do in the prison camp?
they did a lot of secs
What is the purpose of a pow camp?
POW is the abbreviation of "Prisoners Of War". Its purpose is to hold the former combatants.
Lifestyle in changi Australian pow camp?
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What were the sanitation conditions in Changi POW camp?
Not good
1960 POW camp sitcom?
Hogan's Heros
What was the name of the German POW camp in Glenwood Illinois?
Bobs camp caused the fish episode
Was there a World War 2 POW camp in South Dakota?
Yes, in Sioux Falls and Yankton. Edit: The Sioux Falls and Yankton camps were branch POW camps of the main POW camp in Algona Iowa. The POW camp in Algona had a total of 34 branch camps in IA, MN, SD and ND. There was also main POW camp in Igloo SD that administered six branch POW camps in western SD, including POW camps at Ft Meade (near Sturgis) and Belle Fourche. POW's did much of the stone work on the grounds of the Ft. Meade VA hospital and they were used for farm labor in the wheat and beet fields in the area.
