From the June 4, 2010, Baltimore Sun by Jacques Kelly.
There is an air raid shelter in downtown Baltimore. Other sites from World War II where people could take shelter in case of an air raid were the Bromo Seltzer Tower, the Two O'Clock Club, Yale Underwear Factory on Hanover Street and the Horn & Horn restaurant on East Baltimore Street.
There were 20 POW camps in Maryland for captured Germans. Some were at Fort Holabird, Logan Field in Dundalle, Westminster, Edgewood and Pikesville at what had been the Old Confederate Home and Armory.
Fort Meade had three political internee camps: one for those of Japanese ancestry, one for German and Italian soldiers and one for German sailors from the commerce raider Odenwald captured by the crew of the cruiser USS Omaha in Puerto Rico. The Germans and Italians complained that they were not allowed beer or wine.
Poor Guys. How Can You Get By in a POW Camp Without Alcohol? --GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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