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From the Archives
Branch Camps
Bena, MN

Number: 4
POW Housing: CCC Camp near Lake Winnibigoshish
Open: Jan. 31st, 1944 - June 1944 ;Oct. 1944 - October 1945
Work: Logging
Commanding Officers: Lt. Neal A. Broyles
Capt. Kenneth F. McMlintic
Capt. Clifford M. Jenner
Number of POW: 40 men (As of Sept. 1945)
Unique Occurrences: Escape of two POWs
6 trained dogs working under a sergeant

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