Additional Resources
For more information about POW camps in Wyoming, check out these resources:
Museums
F.E. Warren ICBM and Heritage Museum (F.E. Warren POW Camp)
Camp Douglas Officer’s Club State Historic Site (Camp Douglas)
Books
World War II POW Camps of Wyoming
by Cheryl O’Brien
American Prisoner of War Camps In Montana and Wyoming
by Kathy Kirkpatrick
Articles
German Prisoners of War in Wyoming by Lowell A. Bangerter
Wyoming and World War II by Tom Mast (WyoHistory.org)
Nineteen Camps: World War II POWs in Wyoming by Cheryl O’Brien (WyoHistory.org)
Camp Dubois, Wyoming: A Legacy of Literature by Cheryl O’Brien (Annals of Wyoming, Autumn 2015).
The Remarkable History of Camp Dubois by Lois Wingerson
An Italian Painter in a Wyoming POW Camp by Laura E Ruberto (WyoHistory.org
WWII POW Camp Discovered in Mountains Above Dubois by ARGunners Magazine
Prisoner of War Camp, Douglas by Trish Ullery-Whitaker
Historic Contexts and Online Resources
Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office. Wyoming Military Historic Context, 1920-1989. Ohio: Toltest Inc, 2009.
Douglas Prisoner of War Camp Officer’s Club National Register of Historic Places Form (National Archives)
Oral Histories from the Wyoming State Archives
Oral History interviews from residents around Douglas, Wyoming describe living in the area during WWII, the building of the Douglas POW Camp, and the reaction and feelings of Douglas residents to having a Prisoner of War Camp that house Italian and then German Prisoners of War during WWII. The fourteen Oral Histories were conducted by Mark Junge as part of the Wyoming State Parks-POW Camp Interviews. The Oral Histories are primary source documents that provide listeners a window into the community of Douglas during WWII and discuss how the Italian and German POW’s were perceived by the communities they were interned in and shows how even during wartime enemies can become friends and cross political and cultural boundaries.
See the Wyoming State Archives collection of Douglas POW Camp Oral Histories.
An example of one of the fourteen Oral Histories is between Mark Junge and Sherri Mullinix, discussing the Douglas Camp, including historic preservation (00:08:43), the murals and relationships with the communities (00:27:00), and treatment of POWs (00:33:00).
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