Saturday, May 23rd, 2020
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Dr. James Van Keuren, author of "World War II POW Camps in Ohio," shared this imag of prisoners of war in the United States from his book. The book contains a section discussing the former POW camp at the 4-H camp east of Celina on Grand Lake.

Related online story:
CELINA - In the summer of 1944, 294 German prisoners of war, most of them teenagers, were sent to the 4-H camp at Harbor Point in Celina, offering the area a much-needed workforce when many able-bodied local men were serving their country in World War II. [More]
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