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Subject:	Re: German POWs in VA
From:	Randy Cabell <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Randy Cabell <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Fri, 9 Dec 2005 06:22:36 -0500
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Thanks, Ann.  That is very interesting.  From what i have heard of the POW
camps, those guys faired very well, and as one of the respondants told her,
"it is a lot better than being on the Russian Front."

Randy Cabell
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ann Avery Hunter" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 1:54 AM
Subject: Re: German POWs in VA


> There were German POWs at the Bellwood Defense Supply Center in
> Chesterfield Co.
> during the war. My uncle had his veterinary office on Belvedere St. (US 1)
> in
> Richmond, and I can remember standing outside watching a long convoy of
> army
> trucks taking the prisoners south. They were very young, blonde, and good
> looking. We waved, and they waved back. When you drove by Bellwood, they
> could
> be seen working on the grounds, guarded by soldiers with rifles.
>
> Ann
> --
> Ann Avery Hunter
> Winston-Salem, NC
>
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