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From the Archives

 Branch Camps

Howard Lake, MN

Number: 12 


POW Housing:  Wright County Fair Grounds

Open:  August 7th, 1944 - Sept. 1944 ;July 1945 - Oct. 1945


Work:  Farm labor and Canning

Commanding Officers:  Sgt. Carl Tisthammer

Number of POW: 109 men (As of Sept. 1945)

Unique Occurrences: Anti-Nazi Camp

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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:

515-395-2267

Address: 

114 S. Thorington St.

Box 174

Algona, IA 50511

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