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World War II POW's in Nebraska
By Cosmos Mariner, July 7, 2021
Prisoners of War in Hitchcock County Marker
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| On North Main Street (Nebraska Route 25A) north of East Carrigan Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | In January 1944 German prisoners of war from the Indianola camp came to a side camp here to help area farmers complete the 1943 corn harvest. Over the next two years the Palisade camp was activated and deactivated as needed to supply labor to . . . — — Map (db m176961) HM |
| On D Street (U.S. 6/34) just east of 4th Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | The US built prisoner of war camps across the country during World War II. One such camp opened north of Indianola. It held mostly German soldiers captured in North Africa and Italy. Prisoners began arriving by train in November 1943. The camp was . . . — — Map (db m223474) HM |
May. 2, 2024