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
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.
Dennis Whiles, aka Georg Gaertner (July 4, 2009)
Dos Palos POW Branch Camp (Firebaugh, California) Final Report
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Pullman is the term for railroad dining cars, lounge cars, and especially sleeping cars that were built and operated by the Pullman Company from 1867 to December 31, 1968.
German prisoners of war in the United States
…sunk by their own U-boats on the ocean, good treatment began with the substantial meals served aboard. Upon arriving in America, the comfort of the Pullman cars that carried them to their prison camps amazed the Germans, as did the country's large size and undamaged prosperity. The Office of the Provost Marshal…
Pullman VRIC7 rail car sponsored by Kitchi Gammi Club
The first Pullman sleeping car
Former Brighton Belle Pullman carriage at London Victoria, now part of the Venice-Simplon Orient Express fleet
"Pullman" tramcar in Kyiv, 1930