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From the Archives

 Branch Camps

Remer, MN

Number:  3 


ā€‹POW Housing: Abandoned CCC camp in the Chippewa National Forest

Open: Jan. 31st, 1944 - Jan. 1945


Work: Logging

Commanding Officers: Capt. Richard D. Harding ;ā€‹1st Lt. Jacob A. Yockey

Number of POW: 247 men (As of February of 1944)

Unique Occurrences: Fraternization, Drinking with the Locals,

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