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From the Archives
Branch Camps
Ortonville, MN
Number: 11
POW Housing: Quarters next to Big Stone Camping Company
Open: July 7th, 1944 - Sept. 24 1944 ;July 10th, 1945 - Nov. 1945
Work: Farm Labor and Canning
Commanding Officers: Capt. Clifford M. Jenner
Number of POW: 244 men (As of Sept. 1945)
Unique Occurrences: Camp was in two states ; Headquarters were in South Dakota the stockade was in Minnesota
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