Prisoners of war -- United States
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Second World War Prisoner of War Collection
Collection
Identifier: NEAD 033
Abstract
When the United States entered the Second World War, the British government requested the United States house prisoners of war to help alleviate their housing problems. While hesitant at first, the United States built hundreds of camps and transported nearly half a million German and Italian prisoners of war to its soil. Organizations and communities in Arkansas appealed to the War Department and their representatives to establish branch camps and use prisoners in agricultural and timber...
Dates:
1942-1949; Majority of material found within 1944-1946
Robert Whitlow Papers
Collection
Identifier: NEAD 001
Abstract
During World War II, the POWs were housed at a camp established at the Jonesboro Civilian Conservation Corps, where they first met Whitlow. This collection contains correspondence between former-German POWs and Robert Whitlow, a representative of the Memphis Press-Scimitar.
Dates:
1945-1987