didn't say the pow's build the camp. just some stuff
there
--- William Barber <clipperw@E...> wrote:
> I don't know about other POW camps, but Camp McCoy
> was not built by the
> POW's. My father-in-law, being too old for military
> service, was
> employed by the government along with many other
> people during the war
> to build Camp McCoy for POW use. He spent the better
> part of two years
> there, working weeks at a time before being allowed
> a short visit home
> to Chicago (Clarendon Hills) to visit his family. He
> was a plumber
> there, but all construction crafts were represented
> in the work force.
>
> > Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 19:34:34 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: cy svobodny <ctsvobodny@y...>
> > Subject: pow's
> >
> > a wwII german pow camp was located at "camp McCoy"
> > near Sparta, Wi, just east of La Crosse on Hwy 16.
> > Been there looking around, nosey, camp has it's
> own
> > railroad w/GP-7). Some of POW's were stone masons
> or
> > they became them while there. They made many
> > structures on base including a very interesting
> set of
> > enterance monuments(gates) w/ protruding mortor.
> quite
> > unique looking. This location also served as
> > internment for cuban prisoners following the
> Murial
> > boat incident w/Cuba. Camp McCoy is located on the
> > Milw. Rd. and C&NW tracks just west of Tunnel
> City,
> > Wi. This is the only railroad tunnel still in use
> in
> > entire state. Parrellel C&NW tunnel collapsed on
> a
> > enroute freight train during mid 70's. leaving box
> > cars inside(never retreaved). East portal filled
> in
> > w/dirt, west portal face plugged w/concrete. C&NW
> > Tunnel City station still stands as a home. C&NW
> got
> > quick(long stansing) trackage rights on Milw. Rd.
> (of
> > course they are now UP & CP. Milw. Rd. tunnel
> about
> > 1300 plus feet long single track. (CP high wided'd
> > during mid 90's)
>
>
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