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From the Archives

 Branch Camps

Wells, MN

Number:  24 


POW Housing: Old Hemp Mill North of Town

Open: June 13, 1945 - October 1945


Work:  Farm Labor, Canning, Field Drainage, and Eviscerating


Commanding Officers:  Lt. W.P. Schmiedeberg


Number of POW:  405 men (As of Sept. 1945)

Unique Occurrences: POWs were sent to work with out a guard; Italians and Germans working out of the same camp

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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.

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Phone:

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Address: 

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Box 174

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