Camp Hearne

Camp Hearne Museum

Camp Hearne, located in Hearne, Texas was a prisoner-of-war camp during the Second World War. Commissioned in 1942, Camp Hearne was one of the few camps that housed prisoners from all three Axis powers during the conflict. After its decommissioning and piecemeal sell-off by the United States government, the site remained abandoned for 70 years. Today there stands a single replica of a barracks on the site of the former camp, which contains a museum.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Camp Hearne WWII POW Camp, Hearne, TX | …preserving and teaching WWII history…". camphearne.com. Retrieved 2016-04-04.

Coordinates: 30°53′11″N 96°37′10″W / 30.8863°N 96.6194°W / 30.8863; -96.6194

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