Current Search: Camp Leesburg (x)
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Title
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POW Narrative and Documents - Fritz Fitting.
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Abstract / Description
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A collection of documents from Fritz Fitting, a former German POW at Camp Leesburg. Includes discussions of daily life and timeline of events for Fitting from 1943 - 1954.
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Date Issued
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1946
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Identifier
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pownarrativesanddocuments
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Format
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Document (PDF)
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Title
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POW camp at LSSC.
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Abstract / Description
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A photograph of Prisoners of war taken at the former Camp Leesburg, now Lake-Sumter State College, Lake County, FL.
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Date Issued
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1942, 1945
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Identifier
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pows002
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Format
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Image (JPEG)
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Title
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Memories of a Prisoner of War in Leesburg, Florida.
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Abstract / Description
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A narrative by former POW Haus Bruns about incidents that occurred at Camp Leesburg in October 1943 involving rule breaking.
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Date Issued
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1945
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Identifier
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memoriesofapow
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Format
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Document (PDF)
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Title
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Field Service Report on Visit to Prisoner Of War Camp, Leesburg, Florida.
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Abstract / Description
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A field service report discussing the Prisoner of War camp at Silver Lake, Florida from 1945. The report was issued by the Army Service Forces Headquarters, Office of the Provost Marshal General and contains progress summaries and recommendations by Captain Robert L. Kunzig who made a visit to the camp.
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Date Issued
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1945-04-04
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Identifier
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fieldservicereport1945
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Format
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Document (PDF)
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Title
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Camp Leesburg Map, 1943.
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Abstract / Description
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A map of the Camp Leesburg army air corps base, home to the German POW Camp from 1943-45 on the edge of Silver Lake, Lake County, Florida.
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Date Issued
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1943
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Identifier
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campleesburgmap
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Format
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Document (PDF)
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Title
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A day as a POW not as usual.
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Abstract / Description
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A narrative recollection by Herman Boettjer about Christmas Eve, 1943 picking oranges while a POW at Camp Leesburg, Florida.
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Date Issued
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1943
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Identifier
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adayasapownotasusual
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Format
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Document (PDF)
