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Prosper— Thanks for the reply. This is an image I am very familiar with. It was taken while he was held in the POW camp in Clinton, Mississippi. There was some question about the positive identification. On one site, I saw that he was mistakenly identified as Bock von Wuelfingen. However, a signed i...

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This postcard was sent by a German captain (hauptmann) held in the POW camp at Clinton, Mississippi. Although I don’t expect it to be particularly exciting, I would like to know what he writes. Any help is appreciated.

Just a follow-up to this post. I was looking through some additional records for Camp Clinton, that is transfer orders, and found Major Martin Liebegott! He was at Clinton for only about a month and a half before being sent on to another camp. Consequently, he was not present to be included in the o...

POWC is the abbreviation for "Prisoner of War Camp." It is used in official documents, publications, etc. The censor stamp and camp official initials inside the cover were required on any books made available to the prisoners through the POW library or in their personal possession. There i...

I know this is a long shot but can only try! Hope to fully identify the man referenced below. I recently acquired a book that belonged to what appears to have been a German officer held as a POW in the camp at Clinton, Mississippi. It is marked accordingly inside the cover and shows that it passed t...

I have two interesting WWII items signed by many Japanese generals imprisoned in Bilibid Prison following the surrender of Japanese forces in the Philippines. Most signed in English. However, six generals signed in Kanji. Are there any forum members who can read Japanese handwriting? If I can get ev...

This signed 10-shilling note, called a "short snorter," belonged to an American pilot who flew with the 94th Fighter Squadron of the 1st Fighter Group. The airman was Clifford D. Molzahn and the note dates between late June 1942 and late August 1942, when the squadron was based at Kirton-i...

Simon--- Below are quotes taken from Ramcke's memoirs. He seems to indicate the translator was an American officer. The translator accompanied them on the flight to the US. ---Mike On April 10, 1945 Generals Ullersperger, von Choltitz, Eberding, Duncken and I were taken to London and from there by t...

This signature appears on an American bank note signed by Generals Ramcke, von Choltitz, Ullersperger, Eberding, and Dunckern when they were being flown from England to the US in April 1945. Ramcke names his fellow four generals in his memoirs, but mentions no other German officer. The signature loo...

Thank you so much for the prompt and thorough translation! I wonder about the supposed enclosed pictures. This type of form letter did not allow for the inclusion of photographs or anything else. It may be they were removed upon receipt by the camp censor officer. The text that was redacted may have...

Another letter from a German POW held at Clinton, Mississippi. Interestingly, he is writing to his aunt in Argentina!

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Ettore--- I want to thank you for providing a translation to my Italian POW letter. I would have responded sooner, but there was a problem with the reactivation of my forum account after I changed my email address. I was blocked from logging in until just now. Something that I found interesting abou...

Here is the cover letter to the aforementioned document. Of particular interest is note “2." regarding “the possibility of international incident.” The newspaper article below explains. The story is dated the day before the cover letter. GAC prisoner doc-1.jpg German Diplomats.jpg Here is a pho...