Volume 11 , Issue 35

WWII - POW Camp Alva

Leonard (EMAIL: Cyborgboogieboy@aol.com - lnbostick@aol.com) says, "I lived in what was left of Camp Alva in 1947-48 and played in and around the two barracks. In 1948 I was 7 years of age and lived in barracks that had been converted into apts. Four families each (College Camp or Cottage Camp?).

I, my brother, and some playmates of ours used to play around two barracks that where in the middle of a wheat field. I remembered seeing the paintings in between the studs of the building and wondered if anybody knew anything about them. I see now that they were found and some were saved.

I found a belt buckle in that field that was cast in the likeness of Hitler and my Father also found an officer's dagger and sheath in attic above his bedroom. Both have long since disappeared."
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