Volume 7 , Issue 28

POW Camp Memories - Alva, OK & VJ-Day...

"I lived in Alva, OK as a child. My next door neighbor was a guard at the POW camp. One day, he took me out there and I saw the outside of the camp. I remember the POWs marching down the street to the train to be sent home after the war. I lived in Alva, OK, at the end of the war, VJ Day. I was a kid then. A happy crowd gathered in the town center in the evening. One very drunk fellow celebrated by setting his hat on fire in the middle of the street. Others added their hats and soon, no hat was safe. The policeman lost his cap too. People would go up to passing cars and demanded hats from passengers. It was a happy day, but not for hats. Graham Kendall - Email: grahamkendall74135@yahoo.com   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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