22 May 2021 Garand Picture of the Day

[Mark in Rochester]

Group of German prisoners of war boarding trucks under guard for transport to a POW camp during the Allied drive towards Berlin.
Location: Germany
Date taken: 1945
Photographer: William Vandivert

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[browningautorifle]

And from this spot to some far off camp like Wainwright Alberta...or many others. What a trip.

[Sarge1998]

It shouldn't be a surprise that there were a number who fell in love with Canada as well as the US and returned after the war to start a new life.

[browningautorifle]

a number who fell in love with Canada

One of my close friends was the son of a Fallschirmjäger Lt that was held in Alberta. He repatriated and then turned right back around to return. He could stand on the roof of his house and see where the old camp had been...