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From the Archives

 Branch Camps

New Ulm, MN

Number:  7


POW Housing: CCC Camp

Open: June 7th, 1944 - December 1945


Work:  Farm labor, Canning, Brick and Tile

Commanding Officer:  1st Lt. Arthur S. Roberts

Number of POW: 315 men (As of Sept. 1945)

Unique Occurrences:  Use of Sugar to Brew Alcohol Sympathy from Citizens of New Ulm

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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: 

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Box 174

Algona, IA 50511

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