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From the Archives
Branch Camps
St. Charles, MN

Number: 10
POW Housing: Permanent buildings in Whitewater State Park
Open: June 30th, 1944 - Oct. 1944; April 18th 1945 - Oct. 10th 1945
Work: Farm labor and Canning
Commanding Officers: Capt. Jack Elson ;Capt. Kenneth McClintic
Number of POW: 255 men (AS of Sept. 1945)
Unique Occurrences: Group of POWs going on strike; Supposed Swastika Painting; Jewish Translator

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