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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 3848079" data-attributes="member: 5412">Tonkawa Ok had a POW camp. The base for the water tower and some foundations are still around. It&#039;s an interesting read on how well the pow&#039;s were treated. Some went to the fields to help harvest, the locals held dances, provided meals and so on. The purpose for the easy duty was a hope they would send letters home and our POW&#039;s in Germany would get great treatment in kind, but it didn&#039;t happen. Some of the POW&#039;s have returned in the past to visit but most have passed away. [URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.stwnewspress.com/news/unearthing-red-dirt-camp-tonkawa-murder-justice-in-wwii-pow-camp/article_99d2e900-7988-11e7-b3f2-6ff603d2b31d.html[/URL][URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1987/11/15/prisoner-of-war-camps-dot-oklahoma-during-world-war-ii/62671259007/[/URL]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 3848079, member: 5412"] Tonkawa Ok had a POW camp. The base for the water tower and some foundations are still around. It's an interesting read on how well the pow's were treated. Some went to the fields to help harvest, the locals held dances, provided meals and so on. The purpose for the easy duty was a hope they would send letters home and our POW's in Germany would get great treatment in kind, but it didn't happen. Some of the POW's have returned in the past to visit but most have passed away. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stwnewspress.com/news/unearthing-red-dirt-camp-tonkawa-murder-justice-in-wwii-pow-camp/article_99d2e900-7988-11e7-b3f2-6ff603d2b31d.html[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1987/11/15/prisoner-of-war-camps-dot-oklahoma-during-world-war-ii/62671259007/[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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