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From the Archives
Branch Camps
Fairmont, MN
Number: 2
POW Housing: 4H Building at the Martin, County Fairgrounds,
Company Barracks North of Town, Interlaken Inn, Workers Barracks
Open: June 5th to July 1944 ;Sept. 2nd, 1944 - Dec. 14th, 1945
Work: Farm Labor, Canning, Eviscerating, Construction
Commanding Officers: 2nd Lt. Jake M. Orf ;Capt. Joseph Gaitskill
Number of POW: 568 Men (As of September 1945)
Unique Occurrences: Issues with fraternization
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