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Subject:	Re: pow camp
From:	"Lonny J. Watro" <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Fri, 9 Dec 2005 10:16:16 -0500
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It would make a great screen play too! Maybe Speilberg could direct it. It
could follow different German soldiers from their capture. How they were
transported to the U.S., how they ended up all together in a certain
Virginia POW camp, what their life was like, and then where they are today.
Or it could start out with a few of them meeting for a reunion in Virginia
and then flashing back. O.K. somebody write the book, I can't wait to read
it!

Lonny

----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 8:52 AM
Subject: pow camp


there was a pow camp in newport news (or warwick county ) during ww2.
it was  near where patrick henry airport now is.....
randy is right: what a great story a follow up would be.
deane mills




----- Original Message -----
From: "Randy Cabell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 6:30 AM
Subject: Re: POW camps in Virginia - WWII


> The number of replies that I got to this little request are simply
> amazing.
> Several things emerge:
> 1- There were a lot more camps than I thought
> 2- There is no single work that pulls them all together -- an opportunity
> for a dissertation and a book
> 3- Another interesting study would be a follow-up of where descendants are
> today -- simplest cut - the number who emigriated to America after the war
>
> Thanks to all who responded.
>
> Randy Cabell
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 5:04 PM
> Subject: Re: POW camps in Virginia - WWII
>
>
> > There was a camp at White Hall, north of Crozet. I remember them coming
> > to
> > the farm at Greenwood to get in the hay. My parents had no concerns when
> > we
> > children played around them. They had a hot midday meal.
> >
> > Lang Gibson

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