Georg Gaertner
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Georg Gärtner was a German World War II soldier who was captured by British troops and later held as a prisoner of war by the United States. He escaped from a prisoner of war camp, took on a new ident
Dennis Whiles at the age of 88 (Independence Day 2009)
Georg Gaertner's FBI file
Members of the German military were interned as prisoners of war in the continental United States during both World War I and World War II. A total of 425,000 German prisoners lived in 700 camps acros
Georg Gaertner
…German pronunciation: ; December 18, 1920 – January 30, 2013) was a German World War II soldier who was captured by British troops and later held as a prisoner of war by the United States. He escaped from a prisoner of war camp, took on a new identity as Dennis F. Whiles, and was never recaptured. He revealed his…
Entrance to Camp Swift in Texas, August 1944
A current (2013) sign outside the Owosso, Michigan, WWII POW camp where German soldiers were held. The site had been and is currently the Owosso racetrack.
Dos Palos POW Branch Camp (Firebaugh, California) Final Report