There were POW camps on Lake of the Woods south of Kenora during the war
too. I am told that they even gave the prisoners guns and let them go
hunting. No worries I guess as these guys had it made in the shade. No
way they wanted to escape and go back to the war. They spent the rest of
the war being treated pretty well.
There was, until only a few years ago, one of the former prisoners who
owned a cottage in the area and came back every summer from Germany.
RB
On 16/01/2018 4:41 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
Same is true for Houlton, Maine. Even today its pretty remote, this is where
RT95 starts (or stops I suppose) as it turns into Canada. The info I found says
they were housed in Houlton, I'm curious how they got to Caribou, its an hour
drive now...There was an Air Force (then Army Air Corps) base in Presque Isle,
maybe they had some stationed there? I dunno...My grandmother wasn't actually
around during the time of the story, my dad lived with his maternal grandmother
and uncle (great grandfather died in '33) until my grandfather came back from
the war in '45 or '46.
-Curt
On Tuesday, January 16, 2018, 5:28:03 PM EST, Dan Penoff via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
The Army didn’t consider the POWs to be dangerous, nor were they worried about
them escaping. Camp Atterbury was, and still is, in a very, very rural area.
You could easily get lost in that place and never be found.
-D
On Jan 16, 2018, at 5:11 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Family lore states that there were POWs on the farm. My dad was born in '43 and
apparently one of the POWs asked where his father was to which he replied "Over in
Germany killin Germans!"
Grandmother talks of bringing lunch out and accidentally driving away with the
guard's gun in the car.
-Curt
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