Category: Military & War, Facilities, Bases
Item 14144
Contributed by: National Archives at Boston Date: 1953 Location: Limestone Media: Photographic print
Item 16684
Air Base warehouses, Presque Isle, ca. 1943
Contributed by: Presque Isle Air Museum Date: circa 1943 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Passing the Time: Artwork by World War II German POWs
In 1944, the US Government established Camp Houlton, a prisoner of war (POW) internment camp for captured German soldiers during World War II. Many of the prisoners worked on local farms planting and harvesting potatoes. Some created artwork and handicrafts they sold or gave to camp guards. Camp Houlton processed and held about 3500 prisoners and operated until May 1946.
Story
Hooch Mum and my Vietnam service
by Jim Barrows
A poem about being a medic, saving Vietnamese people and babies. Sometimes we trusted too much.
