Prisoners, Not Criminals: How Captured German Soldiers Survived World War II in Central Texas

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Research report describing, through interviews with local persons in the Brownwood area, events and activities that occurred during the occupation of Camp Bowie.

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31 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.

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Dunning, James N. April 2011.

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Research report describing, through interviews with local persons in the Brownwood area, events and activities that occurred during the occupation of Camp Bowie.

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Dunning, James N. Prisoners, Not Criminals: How Captured German Soldiers Survived World War II in Central Texas, paper, April 2011; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth744648/: accessed June 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Howard Payne University Library.

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