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Alfons Johann was taken prisoner in May, 1943 in Tunisia. He arrived in America and was sent to the Bena, Minnesota Branch Camp where he worked in the forest cutting lumber. Following his time in America, Johann also worked in Great Britain and in camps in occupied Germany. He did not return to his home until 1947, where he found work with the German Railway as a switch master. Below is an account of the Johann family's responses to life in Nazi Germany. Create a free website. Start your own free website.

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Alfred Mueller

Alfred Mueller was taken prisoner by British forces in Tunisia in 1943. He was transferred to American custody and shipped to America on a Liberty ship, arriving at Newport News, Virginia. After an overland trip by train to the Midwest, Mueller spent time in POW camps in Indianola and Algona, Iowa, and Greeley, Colorado. While at Camp Algona, Mueller worked in the cold storage facility, receiving the camp's dairy deliveries and other perishable goods. Create a free website. Start your own free website.

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Algona Experiences in World War II

Algona Experiences in World War II. How Algona ExperienceD World War II. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny. Create a free website. Algona Experiences in World War II.

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American Personnel

American Personnel at Camp Algona. Create a free website. Start your own free website. A surprisingly easy drag and drop site creator. Learn more.

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Artifact of the week - Artifact of the Week

Artifact of the Week. Currency: A Weapon of Total War. Both bills clearly indicate who is in charge and the political ideologies each represent. Italians that used these bills would no doubt pick up on these subtle messages. Do you think Allied Military Currency made a difference in spreading the message of the Allies and spreading their political ideologies? Can you think of other everyday items, such as money, that could be useful in such total war situations? Italian Dieci Lire, 1939. Numerous visitor...

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UNIFORM EDITION: Artifact of the Week Archive. American Memories at Camp Algona. For a listing of everything in the museum archives please see below. Create a free website. Start your own free website. A surprisingly easy drag and drop site creator. Learn more.

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Lt. Col. A.T. Lobdell

Lt Col. A.T. Lobdell. Lt Col. A.T. Lobdell. Lt Col. Arthur T. Lobdell commanded the camp at Algona from June of 1944 to its closing in February of 1946. He also was the first commander of the prisoner of war camp at Clarinda, Iowa from late 1943 until his transfer to Algona. Create a free website. Create your own free website. Start your own free website. A surprisingly easy drag and drop site creator. Learn more.

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Gib Buscher

I enjoyed listening to the soldiers telling about what they did and where they lived before they entered the service. In the winter we’d watch the prisoners march around the mile square and past our farm when they weren’t working. Also we were invited over to the camp for a special events, like the first showing of the Nativity Scene. I often wondered about mixed emotions my father must have had, having those prisoners on what had been part of our farm and at the same time having his two oldest sons serv...

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Cultural Expression behind Barbed Wire

Cultural Expression behind Barbed Wire. Cultural Expression Behind Barbed Wire. Create a free website. Start your own free website. A surprisingly easy drag and drop site creator. Learn more.

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Diether Heycke

Diether Heycke was transported to America aboard a Liberty ship and sent to Camp Indianola. From there he was transferred to the Faribault, Minnesota Branch Camp of Camp Algona, where he worked picking and canning sweet corn. In the autumn of 1944, he was sent to Bena, Minnesota, where he worked felling lumber. Following the war, Heycke returned to Germany and found employment at the Magdeburg Machine Tool Factory, where he worked until his retirement in 1989. Create a free website.

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Ernst Koening was drafted into the German Army in 1944, and was captured by American Forces in Germany in March, 1945. He was then taken by truck and train to France, passing within 100 yards of his family home on the journey. He then boarded a Liberty ship bound for New York and then Boston. Then he was taken by train to Algona, arriving several days after the war with Germany ended. In his time as a prisoner, Koening worked harvesting peas, turnips, and corn, and canning vegetables.