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Camp Algona was an American World War II prisoner of war (POW) camp located in Algona, Iowa. It was operational from 1943 until 1946 and served as a detention facility for German soldiers captured during the conflict. The camp is a significant part of Algona's history and is remembered today through a museum that preserves its legacy.
Algona was the location of a German prisoner of war camp during World War II. From 1943 to 1946 Camp Algona held nearly 10,000 prisoners, many of whom were put to work on farms that had family fighting overseas. As a main camp Algona had numerous sub-camps with a couple dozen in Minnesota.
This camp had a guard fire on and kill several German prisoners. See Utah prisoner of war massacre: Camp Santa Fe: New Mexico Santa Fe: Camp Thomas A. Scott: Indiana Fort Wayne: Camp Scott held more than 600 German POWs from the Afrika Korps from late 1944 until the camp closed in November 1945. [20] [21] Camp Scottsbluff: Nebraska Camp Shanks ...
Camp Atterbury — Italian and German POW Camp (Indiana) Camp Algona POW Museum (Iowa) Archived 2012-09-04 at the Wayback Machine; Byu.edu: Extensive overview of World War I POW life; Article describing World War I POW camp at Fort McPherson — Munsey's Magazine (1918).
Camp Algona POW Museum: Algona: Kossuth: West: History: website, site of a German POW camp in World War II Cannonball 457: Mason City: Cerro Gordo: Central: Railroad: website, restored 1920s-period Minneapolis & St Louis Railroad steam locomotive #457 Carlisle Area Historical Society Museum: Carlisle: Warren: Central: Local history: website ...
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Trained at secret Camp Ritchie in Washington County, Maryland, many of the total 22,000 men and women in service were German-speaking immigrants to the United States, often Jews, who fled Nazi persecution. [1] [2] After the war, many former Ritchie Boys rose to important positions in the military and in the intelligence community. [3]
The 194th Field Artillery Battalion fired a total of 92,165 artillery rounds and its soldiers received a total of 5 Silver Stars, 2 Legions of Merit, 54 Bronze Stars, 10 Air Medals including 22 clusters, and 140 Purple Hearts.