WW II POW writing, Camp Michaux in Pennsylvania
Writing by a German prisoner of war, some of words read:
25.5 Prisoner of War
1945 Bis (or 31S) 2508205
Lt Mombarg
It appears that Lt. Mombarg carved this on May 25, 1945.
In 1942, War Department needed to house POWs to learn strategic information on weaponry. Interrogation sites were set up at Ft. Hunt, VA and Byron Hot Springs, CA. Ft. Hunt could not handle the interrogation demands and the Camp Michaux was selected as a second site. Thousands of prisoners (possibly as many as 7,000) were interrogated here during the course of the war including Japanese prisoners toward the end of the war.
This writing is located on the side of small stone bridge on the Michaux Road.
WW II POW writing, Camp Michaux in Pennsylvania
Writing by a German prisoner of war, some of words read:
25.5 Prisoner of War
1945 Bis (or 31S) 2508205
Lt Mombarg
It appears that Lt. Mombarg carved this on May 25, 1945.
In 1942, War Department needed to house POWs to learn strategic information on weaponry. Interrogation sites were set up at Ft. Hunt, VA and Byron Hot Springs, CA. Ft. Hunt could not handle the interrogation demands and the Camp Michaux was selected as a second site. Thousands of prisoners (possibly as many as 7,000) were interrogated here during the course of the war including Japanese prisoners toward the end of the war.
This writing is located on the side of small stone bridge on the Michaux Road.