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From the Archives

 Branch Camps

Grand Forks, ND

Number:  32


POW Housing: Ar


Open:  Oct. 14th 1945 - Nov. 10th 1945


Work: Farm Labor

Commanding Officer:  Capt. Jack I. Elson


Number of POW:   280 men (As of Oct. 1945)

Unique Occurrences:  Assisted with the "Near Miracle" Crop Harvest

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Camp Algona

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Dedicated to preserving the history of the Prisoner of War camp that existed in Algona, Iowa from 1943-1946.

Email:

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Phone:

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Address: 

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Box 174

Algona, IA 50511

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