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Cooley Hurd

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1. We had a German/Italian POW camp just north of us in Central NY...

Reply to Sherman A1 (Original post)

Sat Jun 15, 2013, 05:00 PM

Jun 2013

Mom told me the story about when she was a teenager, she would pass the same German POW shoveling snow on one of our city streets and, because of his blonde hair and deep blue eyes, she developed a crush on him. I wish I knew what became of him.

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A Look Back • Missouri was home to enemy POWs during World War II [View all] Sherman A1 Jun 2013 OP

We had a German/Italian POW camp just north of us in Central NY... Cooley Hurd Jun 2013 #1

Interesting....I didn't know about this Gin Jun 2013 #2

My pleasure Sherman A1 Jun 2013 #4

There were also dozens of POW camps Jenoch Jun 2013 #3