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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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