POW camps in American, insider story

emtmedic005 · 02-13-07, 01:13 PM

Well i knew my grandfather was in the US Army during WW2 and that he was a medic but i didnt know what he did. I only found out about 3 months ago, he served in a German POW camp in South Carolina during the war.
He was the camps medic and had two German doctors underhim. He was singled out for this assignment because he spoke German with a Bavarian Dialect and he knew German customs.
He was a Tech Sgt and worked in two camps during the war, both were in South Carolina. At first most of the German POWs were from the Afrika Korp, and were members of the German Army. But around 1944 more and more U-Boat crewmen were being sent to his camp. He often had long converstations with the sailors and quickly made friends with them. He remembers that alot of the younger enlisted men were very into the Nazi party and some were sent to POW camps in the midwest for "de-Nazivication".
I dont know if he still has contacts in germany. But if anyone would like to know more info, i will ask my grandfather when he migrates back to Boston from Florida.

02-13-07, 01:13 PM	#1
emtmedic005 Weps Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: North Andover, MA Posts: 361 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	POW camps in American, insider story Well i knew my grandfather was in the US Army during WW2 and that he was a medic but i didnt know what he did. I only found out about 3 months ago, he served in a German POW camp in South Carolina during the war. He was the camps medic and had two German doctors underhim. He was singled out for this assignment because he spoke German with a Bavarian Dialect and he knew German customs. He was a Tech Sgt and worked in two camps during the war, both were in South Carolina. At first most of the German POWs were from the Afrika Korp, and were members of the German Army. But around 1944 more and more U-Boat crewmen were being sent to his camp. He often had long converstations with the sailors and quickly made friends with them. He remembers that alot of the younger enlisted men were very into the Nazi party and some were sent to POW camps in the midwest for "de-Nazivication". I dont know if he still has contacts in germany. But if anyone would like to know more info, i will ask my grandfather when he migrates back to Boston from Florida.