From the September 9, 2020, MidWeek (DeKalb County, Illinois) "Looking Back."
September 9, 1945, 75 Years Ago.
"Col. Forrest W. Edwards, Camp Grant (in Rockford) commander, is urging all employers of German prisoners of war to take steps toward replacing them with civilian workers (Americans) in anticipation of the gradual repatriation of the prisoners.
About 2,500 German prisoners are being used by private contractors under supervision of Camp Grant mostly in agricultural and food processing work."
If you had to be a prisoner of war, these Germans by far had it better than anyone else. As a matter of fact, a lot of the Germans returned home, settled their affairs and then moved to the United States where they became American citizens.
Another Way to Tell That the War Was Over. --GreGen
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