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re: WW2 German POW Camp Ruston LA
Posted on 11/3/23 at 11:27 am to CHGAR
Posted on 11/3/23 at 11:27 am to CHGAR
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Dude, those krauts were scattered all over the country. The only Japanese prisoners were American citizens, thanks to democrats.
Germans looked like Americans. We were actually pretty damn friendly to the Germans in the POW camps over here, and they were treated very well. Far cry from what was happening to prisoners in Germany.
This post was edited on 11/3/23 at 11:28 am
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Posted on 11/3/23 at 11:28 am to I20goon
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That's how names like Schulenburg TX appeared.
Schulenburg was incorporated in the 1870s
Posted on 11/3/23 at 11:30 am to Funky Tide 8
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Germans looked like Americans. We were actually pretty damn friendly to the Germans in the POW camps over here, and they were treated very well. Far cry from what was happening to prisoners in Germany.
And still those bastards didn't bring any bratwurst to the crawfish boil.
Posted on 11/3/23 at 12:39 pm to 777Tiger
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thanks to democrats.
were more like today's republicans back then
You're saying FDR and Earl Warren were "like today's republicans"
Posted on 11/3/23 at 2:45 pm to Bison
At Tech's library is a marvelous doll house some of the German POW's made out of popsicle sticks while in camp. It looks machine made good.
Posted on 11/3/23 at 2:58 pm to Bison
Forcing them to be in Ruston is pretty harsh
Posted on 11/3/23 at 3:18 pm to Bison
There was a guy in Ruston who just passed away named Adolf “Wes” Wessellhoft who was born an American to German immigrant parents. He and his family were sent to internment camps in south Texas during WW2, and he was traded to Germany for American POW’s even though he never had lived in Germany. He wrote a book about it. It’s a crazy story. He moved back to the US once he turned 18 and joined the military.
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