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These are photos from Camp Monticello in Monticello, AR. Photos and descriptions are courtesy of Michael Pomeroy.
These pictures are of the Quartermaster buildings. They are still in use, though the old wooden lap siding has been covered with tin siding.The open area of the Quartermaster buildings was the loaction of the motor pool during the war. first and second photos are from the highway showing a different angle of the Quartermaster buildings. In the third photo, Pomeroy is standing at the point where the railroad spur ran underneath his feet through the center of the picture and ended at the Quartermaster buildings. It was in one of the buildings closest to the camera that George Sherry would participate in processing the arriving trainloads of POWs. He was primarily a clerk and worked mostly out of the Headquaters building, but he would move to the Quartermaster buildings whenever a train arrived. Part of his responsibility was to fingerprint the new arrivals, but few of these were used for the original POW ID cards. The fingerprints made by George Sherry were compared with the POW ID cards to make sure none of the POWs hade tried to switch identities. This system kept them from having to rely on photos and height/weight descriptions alone. Once the identity was confirmed, the receipt of the POW at Monticello was registered on the POW ID card. The third photo was taken from across the fairgrounds, 20 yards from the guard house. The Recreation Center was located on the very left edge of the picture in the grove of trees.
This photo was taken at the Gate on Main Street when the camp was active. Photo taken during the war. Credits to Globes/Wacker Photo Collection, Drew County Historical Museum, Monticello Arkansas.
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This photo of the train siding (Killin) closest to the camp where the prisoners and supplies where loaded and unloaded.
This photo is the POW Camp Platt Map. Credits to Drew County Historical Museum, Monticello Arkansas.
This photo is the rear Stockade fence. Photo taken during the war. Credits to Globes/Wacker Photo Collection, Drew County Historical Museum, Monticello Arkansas.
This photo is the Guard tower at the camp. Photo taken during the war. Credits to Globes/Wacker Photo Collection, Drew County Historical Museum, Monticello Arkansas.
The photos of the Madonna were taken in 1960 by Lamar Williamson, Sr. The Madonna was housed in the chapel, but is no longer there. Credits to Drew County Historical Museum, Monticello Arkansas.
Links to other sites about Prisoners of War in Arkansas include:
Camp Monticello
POW Camps in Arkansas
www.globalsecurity.org
www.volksbund.de
www.kriegsgefangen.de
www.denkmalprojekt.org
www.weltkriegsopfer.de
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