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During World War II, more than fifteen thousand German and Italian soldiers came to Missouri. This was no invasionary force; rather these were prisoners of war, part of a flood of almost a half-million men captured and sent to the United States, held here until the end of the war.…
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I didn't know before reading this book that German and Italian POWs from WWII were housed in prisoner of war camps in Missouri. I had never heard of this, so this book gave me a deep insight not only to these men's situation but also of the building of such camps and the staffing of them. I learned of the numerous camps throughout the state and the opportunity these men had to work on farms and other places to keep busy. There were several such camps around the area in which I live. I took one afternoon to drive to…
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