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Charles et al,
German POW camps also in Arizona.  In one escape attempt POWs used gasoline
company road map to plan escape.  Road map showed the blue trace of the Gila
River running near the camp and to the Colorado River which flows into
northern end of the Gulf of California near north end of the Mexican state
of Sonora.  The POWs built a boat for the trip, managed their escape, fled
with the boat to the river and... Unfortunately for them the Gila River only
has water during floods, otherwise its quite dry.  They then tried to walk
from Phoenix to Mexico through the desert.  This proved to be far worse than
being in the camp; they all pleaded to be returned.  Dick King, University
of Arizona

Charles Schultz wrote:

> I am not aware of any Germans being placed in Camps in Texas as the
> Japanese were in some other western states.  There were, however, a
> number of German POW camps in Texas and undoubtedly other states.

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