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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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