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WORLD WAR II PRISON OF WAR CAMP

Historical marker, 1986

SITE OF

WORLD WAR II

PRISONER OF WAR CAMP

HERE IN 1941, WITH THE HON. SAM

RAYBURN, SPEAKER OF THE U. S. HOUSE

OF REPRESENTATIVES, IN ATTENDANCE,

A MIGRATORY LABOR CAMP WAS

DEDICATED. WITH THE COMING OF

WORLD WAR II LATER IN THE

DECADE, HOWEVER, FEDERAL OFFICIALS

CONVERTED THE SITE FOR USE AS A

CAMP TO HOLD GERMAN PRISONERS

OF WAR. WHILE HERE, THE GERMAN

SOLDIERS WORKED ON PRINCETON

AREA FARMS, PROVIDING VALUABLE

LABOR ASSISTANCE. FOR MANY YEARS

FOLLOWING THE PRISONERS' RELEASE

IN 1946, THE SITE AGAIN SERVED AS

A CAMP FOR MIGRANT WORKERS.

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 "Prisoner of War Camp - Places, COLLIN COUNTY HISTORY," Collin County, Texas History and Genealogy Webpage by Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries, Inc.

Last modified: July 11, 2009