here are many little-known aspects of World War II on the homefront in America. Perhaps one of the most interesting is the story of the enemy prisoners of war (POWs) who waited out the end of the war in prison camps across the country. Beginning with the defeat of Rommel’s Afrika Korps in mid-1943, a steady stream of German and Italian soldiers, sailors, and airmen were dispatched to the United States. After arrival, they were moved to prison camps around the country, many of them refurbished Civilian
