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World War II Prisoner of War Camps in Southwest New Mexico
by Roger I. Lanse
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- Paperback
- Condition
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Arenas Valley, NM: Privately Published, 2011 Privately Published, Arenas Valley, NM. 2011. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Edition not stated. Stapled binding. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: New, with mark on rear wrap from manufacturer's label. No DJ. Pictorial Wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is securely stapled. 57 pp 8vo. After England began to fill with POW from Axis nations, the US in the summer of 1942 began the internment of POWs. New Mexico housed more than 10,000 POWs in two large base camps at Roswell and Lordsburg and at 19 branch camps throughout the state. The German and Italian POWs were used in agriculture as farm labor and received their pay from the US Army. This is the story of the POWs, their life, the camps, and their organization and operation during the war years. A clean new copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015270
- Title
- World War II Prisoner of War Camps in Southwest New Mexico
- Author
- Roger I. Lanse
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 3
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Privately Published
- Place of Publication
- Arenas Valley, NM
- Date Published
- 2011
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- POW camps in New Mexico, German POWs in New Mexico, Italian POWs in New Mexico, POW Base Camp Lordsburg, Branch Camp Deming, Branch Camp Fort Bayard, Branch Camp Las Cruces, Branch Camp Hatch, Branch Camp anthony, POW labor, World War II, Axis Nations,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Prisoner of War; New Mexico Related;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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