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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.
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POW camps for Communist (NVA/VC) Prisoners of War were operated by the South Vietnamese Government: See website: Prisoner-of-war Camps.
What does POW mean World War 2?
Prisoner of war, usually said as POW camp.
Where was the POW camp on Mindanao during World War 2?
blown up
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.
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 does POW mean World War 2?
Prisoner of war, usually said as POW camp.
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.
What movie has a boy in a pow camp in World War 2?
Empire of the Sun
Where was the POW camp on Mindanao during World War 2?
blown up
Was there a German POW camp in Sumner Strait South East Alaska during World War 2?
There were only two POW camps for enemy prisoners in the state of Alaska in USA during WW II. One was in the Excursion Inlet and the other was in Ft. Richardson, Anchorage city-borough. There is no record to show existence of a POW camp in Sumner Strait, Alaska.
Were prison conditions worse in the north or the south?
Although the POW camp at Andersonville, Georgia was the cruelest Confederate POW camp by far, Union camps were terrible too. As an aside, the commander of the Andersonville camp was the only person tried for war crimes and was hanged after the war. This is an indication of bad things were in that camp.
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.
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.
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
Was there a World War 2 prisoner of war camp in marana Arizona?
Thee was not a POW camp in Marana per se. However, there was a seasonal subsidary camp during the cotton harvest season. The prisoners lived in tents and were sent from the Florence Az main POW camp, which housed 5500 Germans.
