My dad told me about going to stare at the German POWs in the Philadephia armory
during WWII, fascinating for a young teenager, I'm sure. It does seem a long
way
to tote them, though. Bill
Bruce McGuire wrote:
> This seems to be a bit of American WWII history that has not been well
> taught.
> My Grandfather had German and Italian POW's working on his cotton farm in
> Arizona during the war. He told me many times about this as we'd drive by the
> old camp on our way hunting or fishing, but none of my teachers growing up
> seemed to know about this chapter in history.
>
> Bruce McGuire
>
> Larry Paulick wrote:
>
> > Just before we left, the woman's husband said something to me, and I had
> > to ask the Policeman twice before he translated. The husband said that
> > during W.W.II, he was a German prisoner of war, interned in the US. He
> > said this with a smile, while shaking my hand.
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