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Re: [BRHSlist] CBQ donating land for US-based WWII POW camps?

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Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] CBQ donating land for US-based WWII POW camps?
From: gary & kathy roe <wabashrr@s...>
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 19:35:00 -0500
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Marshall,

This ain't SE Iowa; but I am 99% positive there was a camp in Clarinda, Iowa.

gary


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Marshall Thayer 


There was a point in the original post which puzzled me:


>> The government declined the railroad's offer, based on guidelines in place 
>> at the time for locating internment camps that said facilities to house POWs 
>> should not be located in areas with a
mean annual temperature of less than 56 degress Fahrenheit, citing savings in 
construction and heating costs gained by placing camps in more moderate 
climates. (DRURY) <<

This regulation must have been changed, because I grew up in SE Iowa with the 
knowledge that there had been a substantial POW camp somewhere in Iowa, and 
recall having met a couple of ex-POWs who opted to stay after the war . . .

I can't recall off-hand where the camp was located, however.

Marshall Thayer


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