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From the Archives

 Branch Camps

Ada, MN

Number: 31


POW Housing:  Coliseum on Fair Grounds

Open: Oct. 14th, 1945 - Nov. 1945


Work:  Farm Labor

Commanding Officers: Not on Record


Number of POW: 200 men (As of Oct. 1945)

Unique Occurrences:  Desperate need for Labor; Assisting with the
"Near Miracle" crop harvest

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