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To: SandRat
I was in the American Consulate in Hamburg in the 70's on some business, and the German national I was working with there told me he was a POW at the Papago Park camp in Phoenix during the war (I didn't realize there had been one that close to a town).

I asked him why a former U.S. POW would end up working for the U.S. government when he went home.

He laughed and said, "I tried to stay when they released us at the end of the war. We rode horses, walked in the desert, worked in the park, even played tennis. They said no, you must go home now.".

'Bout fell out of the chair. He wanted to retire to Phoenix or Mesa, probably lives there now for all I know.

2 posted on 08/28/2009 6:07:44 PM PDT by Regulator (Welcome to Zimbabwe! Now hand over your property)
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To: Regulator
Fixed the link: Papago Park POW Camp
3 posted on 08/28/2009 6:08:55 PM PDT by Regulator (Welcome to Zimbabwe! Now hand over your property)
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