tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474271316278058173.post1015318715583113972..comments2024-03-13T03:05:06.344-04:00Comments on Stitches Thru Time: The Enemy Among UsJodie Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13734191097693490693noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474271316278058173.post-51949172680574698802015-07-07T19:30:21.469-04:002015-07-07T19:30:21.469-04:00Oops! Forgot to mention these camps were in Wester...Oops! Forgot to mention these camps were in Western Washington.Deb Garlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06106792149109863243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474271316278058173.post-40344840547120153462015-07-07T19:28:40.151-04:002015-07-07T19:28:40.151-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Deb Garlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06106792149109863243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474271316278058173.post-88242940401592942312015-07-07T19:27:19.860-04:002015-07-07T19:27:19.860-04:00This is a very interesting post, Terri. Thank you!...This is a very interesting post, Terri. Thank you! My former boss was an American Japanese Patent Attorney and his grandparents, maybe parents, were interned in a camp. Both immigrants and American-born Japanese were considered a threat after Pearl Harbor was bombed. These weren't people directly involved in the war, so they were very confused and hurt, many losing jobs, homes, and the property they owned. After the war, most of them had to start over.Deb Garlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06106792149109863243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474271316278058173.post-32690849620278038452015-07-07T16:29:17.520-04:002015-07-07T16:29:17.520-04:00Like Peggy, I had to look up and see whether TX ho...Like Peggy, I had to look up and see whether TX housed any POWs and sure enough, we had more here than any other state, thanks to our size. Also, the Geneva convention said prisoners had to be housed in a climate similar to where they were caught, so I guess a majority of ours were caught in North Africa. I learned the camps were often referred to as the Fritz Ritz. Lots of other interesting stuff, too! Thanks, Terri!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474271316278058173.post-91629112468863020412015-07-07T14:58:52.474-04:002015-07-07T14:58:52.474-04:00Logging is hard work, but they probably liked that...Logging is hard work, but they probably liked that better than being shot at in battle.Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05061067970781919577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474271316278058173.post-73726278197105300962015-07-07T14:55:03.375-04:002015-07-07T14:55:03.375-04:00Many states housed prisoners, but I think a lot of...Many states housed prisoners, but I think a lot of that's been forgotten. I would like to know what our friend and the prisoners talked about!Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05061067970781919577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474271316278058173.post-56205350676092197942015-07-07T14:48:33.385-04:002015-07-07T14:48:33.385-04:00Mary, I didn't realize POWs were taken as far ...Mary, I didn't realize POWs were taken as far as Australia. Escapees would have had a hard time getting back home!Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05061067970781919577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474271316278058173.post-22881902263992482832015-07-07T08:50:16.659-04:002015-07-07T08:50:16.659-04:00I didn't know if Michigan had any camps, but t...I didn't know if Michigan had any camps, but this was so interesting that I had to check. It turns out there were four POW camps in the Upper Peninsula and one in the Lower Peninsula. They resembled the Wisconsin camps in the type of prisoners and what they did there. Thanks for bringing this to our attention, Terri.Peggy Wirgauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04839122980308226293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474271316278058173.post-49484049637893925072015-07-07T05:59:23.506-04:002015-07-07T05:59:23.506-04:00Here in NH German POWs were housed a couple of hou...Here in NH German POWs were housed a couple of hours north of me. Not much remains of the camp - just a stone foundation from the one of the guard towers and part of a fireplace. The prisoners logged the local forests. Linda Shenton Matchetthttp://www.lindashentonmatchett.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474271316278058173.post-30563124026010977152015-07-07T03:50:47.590-04:002015-07-07T03:50:47.590-04:00There were surprisingly a lot of Italian POW's...There were surprisingly a lot of Italian POW's here in Australia. They tended to be out near farming settlements. The Italians were given quite a bit of freedom to help out on the farms. For the most part it was a comfortable arrangement. Mary Prestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02201076939557413255noreply@blogger.com