POW (Other Keyword)
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Project metadata for resources within the 611th Air Support Group cultural heritage resources collection.
German POWs in Colorado: The Archaeology of Confinement at Camp Trinidad (2015)
From 1943 to 1946, the U.S. government held over 3,000 German POWs at Camp Trinidad in southern Colorado. In 2013, archaeological fieldwork and research was conducted in order to better understand the daily lives of those incarcerated within the conformity of institutional confinement. The information gathered, in the form of artifacts, environmental features, and personal narratives, has uncovered stories about those that used them and has allowed for the development of lesser known details of...
Historical and Architectural Photographs, Randolph Air Force Base
A collection of photographs taken of Randolph Air Force Base and its many features from the early 1900s to the present day.
"I Wanna Go Home, They Need Me:" Archaeological Investigation of German POW Camp D-D, Fort Campbell, KY (2022)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. From 1943-1946, Fort Campbell housed three separate German POW camps. An early cursory examination assumed all sub-surface archaeological deposits were destroyed by camp demolition and subsequent land use. No further investigations were conducted, and the POW camps were largely forgotten. That is, until a new housing development...
Photograph, Bethlehem Steel Detail of Flag Pole at Prisoners of War and Missing in Action Memorial, Randolph Air Force Base (2012)
Photograph detailing the "Bethlehem Steel" lettering on the flag pole at the POWMIA Memorial at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas.
Plaque, Prisoners of War and Missing in Action, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas (2012)
The draft and final for a plaque commemorating the Prisoners of War Missing in Action, titled: POW MIA. This marker gives special honor to those who have endured being held prisoner and who are still missing and unaccounted for. It also honors the families and loved ones of those missing – throughout our history – who also have endured the anguish of not knowing the status of their missing. We will always remember and continue the search for those still missing. This is the commitment of a...
Wingspread Article, JBSA-Randolph Honors POW/MIA With Monument (2012)
A news article published by Wingspread on November 23, 2012. It details a new feature called the Prisoner of War-Missing in Action Monument that was erected at the Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Airmen’s Heritage Park that December. This monument will recognize individuals who sacrificed their freedom for their country. Their distinguished service is what the Airmen’s Heritage Park is all about.
WWII History Magazine: Wake Island Survivor (2012)
A short excerpt from the Military Heritage WWII History magazine about civilian World War II survivor, Glen Binge, who had lived through the battle at Wake Island and three and a half years as a Prisoner of War in Japan's most infamous prisoner of war camp.