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Posted on 7/24/17 at 7:21 am to Twenty 49
Posted on 7/24/17 at 7:35 am to Pectus
My Grandfather told me tere were pow's working in Hahnville.
Posted on 7/24/17 at 7:42 am to Pectus
Big(ish) one in Rapides Parish called Camp Livingston.
The old folks used to tell me that there was a smaller ones in New Roads, Port Allen, and Thibodeaux where they worked in the sugar cane fields. I have not read anything about them though.
The old folks used to tell me that there was a smaller ones in New Roads, Port Allen, and Thibodeaux where they worked in the sugar cane fields. I have not read anything about them though.
This post was edited on 7/24/17 at 7:44 am
Posted on 7/24/17 at 7:45 am to Pectus
Mom lived on Trenton St. in West Monroe during the war. She and her sisters would walk over to the fair grounds (now city hall) and talk to the german prisoners through the fence. she recalled them being pretty.
Posted on 7/24/17 at 8:18 am to Pectus
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And a camp in New Orleans
My family lived in the French Quarter during this timeframe. We have pictures of them hosting Italian officer POWs in their home. I always found it odd that families hosted POWs during war time but apparently it was somewhat common with officers.
Posted on 7/24/17 at 8:48 am to Bourre
Posted on 7/24/17 at 8:53 am to Palmetto08
The Domino Sugar refinery in Chalmette/Arabi still has an old brig on the rooftop of their facility that housed German POW's in WWII.
Many of the prisoners asked to stay after the war ended
Many of the prisoners asked to stay after the war ended
This post was edited on 7/24/17 at 9:00 am
Posted on 7/24/17 at 9:19 am to Pectus
Posted on 7/24/17 at 9:22 am to shutterspeed
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Don't forget Camp Grant Walker.
Never new this. Went there several times as a kid for 4-H Camp.
Posted on 7/24/17 at 9:53 am to Jj283
The list of camps w number of POW's includes Jeanerette.
For those familiar w the area, it was specifically Hope Plantation. I grew up hunting this general area with family property not too far away.
All of the things previously mentioned about handiwork done being given to locals and eventual relationships ending up in marriage were told to me.
There is a possibly related story I can share. A man named Adolf Deuschtle (sp?) married into a prominent family with lots of land in that area, the Duhe family. And yes, that is related to AJ Duhe. I really don't know how he came to end up in LA, but often wondered if he was once a POW.
The interesting part of the story is that he developed a subdivision in the Old Mississippi River basin nearby that when viewed from aerial photographs has its streets designed in the shape of a Swastika. I was a teenager when this was shown to me around the mid 80s. That subdivision is below sea level, probably about 15 miles from coastal waters. I've always wondered about the effects of karma there.
For those familiar w the area, it was specifically Hope Plantation. I grew up hunting this general area with family property not too far away.
All of the things previously mentioned about handiwork done being given to locals and eventual relationships ending up in marriage were told to me.
There is a possibly related story I can share. A man named Adolf Deuschtle (sp?) married into a prominent family with lots of land in that area, the Duhe family. And yes, that is related to AJ Duhe. I really don't know how he came to end up in LA, but often wondered if he was once a POW.
The interesting part of the story is that he developed a subdivision in the Old Mississippi River basin nearby that when viewed from aerial photographs has its streets designed in the shape of a Swastika. I was a teenager when this was shown to me around the mid 80s. That subdivision is below sea level, probably about 15 miles from coastal waters. I've always wondered about the effects of karma there.
Posted on 7/24/17 at 10:00 am to Pectus
They were doing work at Augusta National:
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“The POWs had been with the engineering crew serving Rommel, the Desert Fox, in North Africa, part of the Panzer division responsible for building bridges that enabled German tanks to cross rivers. It was a useful skill for the renovation work to be done at Augusta National. The Germans were asked to erect a bridge over Rae’s Creek adjacent to the tee box at the thirteenth hole.”
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