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Prisoners of War in New Mexico Agriculture
NMF&RHM Oral History Program
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POW branch camp at Mayhill as it appeared when it was a Civilian Conservation Corps camp before WWII. (Photograph courtesy of Beth Mahill) |
German POW work crew at the Nelson farm near Roswell. (Photograph from the Morgan Nelson Papers, Rio Grande Historical Collections) |
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Camp Hatch guard Maggie Dominguez (right) with his two brothers, also serving in the military in WWII. (RGHC) |
Poster encouraging farmers to increase food production for the war effort. (Image courtesy of the National Archives) |
Three Italian POWs from Camp Lordsburg, with an American serviceman (right). (Photograph courtesy Mollie Pressler and Johnnie Johnson.) |
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German POWs being transported to Pecos Valley farms in Chester and Helen Walker's 1941 Chevrolet truck. Note the guards and interpreter in foreground. (RGHC) |
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