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Japan took more than 11,000 American soldiers prisoner early in May 1942. BATAAN DEATH MARCH – when captured US soldiers in the Philippines were marched to POW camps and large numbers died on the way. Gen. Douglas MacArthur was evacuated before the surrender by a sub to Australia were he vowed “I will return” AMERICA MOBILIZES FOR WAR
Hundreds of American GIs Held in Concentration Camp
lists locations of POW camps identified by number and location, and. includes 140 pages of American POWs listed by name, service number, rank, unit and camp number, and. Volume 2 includes supplemental lists of both military and civilian prisoners of various nationalities.
[DOC File]PRISONERS OF WAR
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b. Record Group 389, Records of the PMGO: Lists From the American POW Information Bureau Record Group 389, Records of the Office of the PMGO, contains lists from the American POW Information Bureau, Records Branch, in the General Subject File, for the period 1942 to 1946. Countries included in the lists are. Germany. Japan, and. the Philippines.
[DOC File]CHAPTER 25: AMERICANS AND A WORLD IN CRISIS, 1933-1945
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“It was, the greatest American battle of the Second World War, and it will always be considered as a great American victory.” World War II: Axis vs. Allies . World War II had started in 1939 with great victories for the Axis forces (Germany, Italy and Japan). By mid-1942, it appeared total victory for the Axis was achievable.
[DOC File]Magdeburg Revisited - 30th Infantry Division
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In January 1945, as the Soviet armies resumed their offensive and advanced into Germany, many of the prisoners were marched westward in groups of 200 to 300 in the so-called Long March or Death March. Many of them died from the bitter cold and exhaustion. The lucky ones got far enough to the west to be liberated by the American army.
[DOC File]Section G. Former POW Service Records
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Frank W. Towers, formerly a 1st Lt. of the 30th Infantry Division, the U.S. Army unit that liberated Magdeburg, Germany on 18 April 1945, pays a return visit to this formerly famous City. It was 60 years ago that I last “visited” Magdeburg, Germany, the last City on the Elbe River, that my 30th Infantry Division captured on 18 April 1945.
[DOCX File]STALAG VIIIB 344 LAMSDORF
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An interesting story about Polish POW camps appeared in July, 1945. By that time POW camps had been liberated by the Allied forces and became refugee (or DP - displaced persons) camps. The soldiers, who fought the Germans in Poland, spent six years in German POW camps after being captured in September, 1939.
[DOC File]Section G. Former POW Service Records
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Being a POW was boring! Tunnels, hiding, gliders, disguises, etc. Sagan, Germany: On 26 March 1944, 79 airmen escaped via a 360 foot tunnel that was 28 feet below the ground at spots. Three captured immediately. SS descended on the camp, arrested the commandant. Nearly all of the escapees were recaptured. Three escaped for good.
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