Hi tom98,
Thank you for a very interesting question. Yes, there was a Prisoner
of War Camp in Excursion Inlet, Alaska.
The following links provide pictures.
Prisoners of War Camp (German prisoners) Excursion Inlet, Alaska. (1)
August-November, 1945.
http://vilda.alaska.edu/cgi-bin/viewer.exe?CISOROOT=/cdmg21&CISOPTR=1488&CISORESTMP=&CISOVIEWTMP=
POW living quarters, 1945.
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Prisoners of War Camp (German prisoners) Excursion Inlet, Alaska. (2)
August-November, 1945.
http://vilda.alaska.edu/cgi-bin/viewer.exe?CISOROOT=/cdmg21&CISOPTR=1489&CISORESTMP=&CISOVIEWTMP=
German prisoners of war patronize their canteen or "kantine."
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Prisoners of War Camp (German prisoners) Excursion Inlet, Alaska. (3)
August-November, 1945.
http://vilda.alaska.edu/cgi-bin/viewer.exe?CISOROOT=/cdmg21&CISOPTR=1490&CISORESTMP=&CISOVIEWTMP=
The POW's return to the stockade at noon, 11-7-45.
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Prisoners of War Camp (German prisoners) Excursion Inlet, Alaska. (4)
August-November, 1945.
http://vilda.alaska.edu/cgi-bin/viewer.exe?CISOROOT=/cdmg21&CISOPTR=1491&CISORESTMP=&CISOVIEWTMP=
PW's at work in the stockade tailor shop. 1945, Excursion Inlet, Alaska.
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Prisoners of War Camp (German prisoners) Excursion Inlet, Alaska. (5)
August-November, 1945.
http://vilda.alaska.edu/cgi-bin/viewer.exe?CISOROOT=/cdmg21&CISOPTR=1492&CISORESTMP=&CISOVIEWTMP=
Three PW's at work in the shoe repair shop, 1945, Excursion Inlet, Alaska
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Prisoners of War Camp (German prisoners) Excursion Inlet, Alaska. (6)
August-November, 1945
http://vilda.alaska.edu/cgi-bin/viewer.exe?CISOROOT=/cdmg21&CISOPTR=1493&CISORESTMP=&CISOVIEWTMP=
Men eat in the PW mess hall, 1945. Excursion Inlet. German prisoners
of war, 1933 Service Command Unit - mess hall filled with men.
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Excursion Inlet, Alaska
http://www.oceanbeauty.com/about/xip.htm
"The Excursion Inlet plant was constructed in 1918, served as a
prisoner-of-war camp during World War II, and was acquired by Ocean
Beauty in 2003."
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Best regards,
tlspiegel |
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