German prisoners of war at Camp Cooke, California : personal accounts of fourteen soldiers, 1944-1946
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Mechanicsburg, PA : Sunbury Press, Inc., 2018.
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9781620067505 (pbk : alk. paper), 1620067501 (pbk : alk. paper)
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280 pages ; cm
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Published
Mechanicsburg, PA : Sunbury Press, Inc., 2018.
Street Date
1802
Language
English
ISBN
9781620067505 (pbk : alk. paper), 1620067501 (pbk : alk. paper)

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"In 1943, the first great wave of Hitler's soldier's came to America, not as goose-stepping conquering heroes, but as prisoners of war. By the time World War II ended in 1945, more than six hundred German POW camps had sprung up across America holding a total of 371,683 POWs. One of these camps was established at the U.S. Army's training installation Camp Cooke on June 16, 1944. The POW base camp at Cooke operated sixteen branch camps in six of California's fifty-eight counties and is today the site of Vandenberg Air Force Base in Santa Barbara County. Compared to other prisoner of war camps in California, Camp Cooke generally held the largest number of German POWs and operated the most branch camps in the state. This book follows the military experiences of fourteen German soldiers who were captured during the campaigns in North Africa and Europe and then sat out the remainder of the war as POWs in California. It is a firsthand account of life as a POW at Camp Cooke and the lasting impression it had on the prisoners."--Amazon.com.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Geiger, J. E. (2018). German prisoners of war at Camp Cooke, California: personal accounts of fourteen soldiers, 1944-1946 . Sunbury Press, Inc..

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Geiger, Jeffrey E., 1952-. 2018. German Prisoners of War At Camp Cooke, California: Personal Accounts of Fourteen Soldiers, 1944-1946. Sunbury Press, Inc.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Geiger, Jeffrey E., 1952-. German Prisoners of War At Camp Cooke, California: Personal Accounts of Fourteen Soldiers, 1944-1946 Sunbury Press, Inc, 2018.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Geiger, Jeffrey E. German Prisoners of War At Camp Cooke, California: Personal Accounts of Fourteen Soldiers, 1944-1946 Sunbury Press, Inc., 2018.

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