Volume 8 , Issue 7

Basic Layout of WWII POW Camp Facilities...

This is a photo and layout of the Alva POW Camp. The upper part was the prisoner's compounds (non-commissioned officers & enlisted men on the left side; German Officers on the right side). Main Street (or Washington Ave.) separating the two compounds and 3rd street running east and west and on the north side of the prisoner's compounds. The theater, Officers Club & Quarters, and the Hospital sat across the street from the non-commissioned officers & enlisted prisoners compounds. The lone Chimney, the Officers Club and the water tower are only reminders of the camp during WWII. Only memories and artifacts held at the "Cherokee Strip Museum" are what keep the Alva POW Camp fresh in our minds. Chapel - post exchange (100ft. by 20 ft.); Also barber shop and Latrine; Theater - 100 ft. by 20 ft. Production of plays, musicals art exhibits. Seated 250. School - (100 ft by 20 ft.). Three room building for education; Workshop - (100 ft by 20 ft.) Camp maintenance; Gymnasium - (100 ft by 20 ft.); Company dayrooms - 72 ft. by 20 ft. Games, reading, lounging, writing letters; Carpenter Shop - (100 ft. by 20 ft.); Tailor Shop - (20 ft. by 20 ft.); Libraries - 236 Bed Hospital - 4 Orchestras Barracks - 20 ft by 120 ft. and faced with sheet rock and covered with tar paper.   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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