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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
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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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