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    Name: Uncovering Wisconsin’s WWII POW Camps
    Date: September 20, 2025
    Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
    Website: http://www.bongcenter.org
    Fort McCoy, Wisconsin Internment Camp
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    During World War II, 39 prisoner-of-war camps housed captured German soldiers in Wisconsin. After the war, the prisoners were sent home, and the camps were mostly forgotten. However, in 2023, the logbook of Fort McCoy's POW Camp Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Horace I. Rogers, was recovered. Its daily entries provide glimpses into the everyday events of the camp, ranging from the mundane to the news-worthy. This presentation will highlight key discoveries from the logbook and provide new insights into the inner workings of an oft-forgotten aspect of Homefront history.
     
    Presenter, Abigail Allcox is a social studies teacher at West Bend West High School. She graduated from Marquette University in 2024 with her master’s degree in U.S. History. She continues to research German prisoners of war during World War II and hopes to write a dissertation on the subject one day. In her free time, she produces her podcast Badgerland Journal, where each episodic entry focuses on a unique story in Wisconsin’s history.
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    Location:
    Richard I Bong Veterans Historical Center
    305 E 2nd St
    Superior, WI
    Date/Time Information:
    Saturday, September 20, 2025
    1:00pm-2:00pm
    Contact Information:
    Briana Fiandt
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