Volume 8 , Issue 11

History of Oklahoma WWII Prison Camps...

Corbett presents history of Oklahoma WWII prison camps -- By Patti K. Locklear, Staff Writer
".....Dr. Bill Corbett, professor of history at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, about the Oklahoma prisoner of war (POW) camps that hosted thousands of German prisoners during World War II ..... Corbett explained that around 1937, before the United States even entered the war, the government began to plan for these camps, therefore when the war broke out, these plans were already in place. During the 1929 Geneva Convention, specific guidelines were set concerning the humane conditions that were to be required for prisoners of war - they were not to be treated as criminals, but as POW's - and these requirements distinguished the differences between the two....." -- Woodward News - Published: February 26, 2006 12:58 pm   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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