Volume 11 , Issue 17

WWII POWs & Haskell, OK

Susan says, "Is there a place to post notices for folks who were either related to POWs or lived in the towns where the camps were? I was a baby, living in Haskell, OK when the POWs were staying in the National Guard Armory, just ? block from our house.

My mother walked that way to town every day and somehow, (I guess the prisoner spoke some English) struck up a conversation with this POW. He was talking about his own daughter who was about my age and how homesick he was.

Long story short, he painted a picture of his home and gave it to my mother for me. I would LOVE for someone who was related to that POW to have something their father or grandfather painted. It is stored in my rafters, but if someone out there has an interest, I can get it down and see if we can read the painters signature, if any exists." -- Susan Dalberg at Email: wolfpaw81@aol.com
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