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11. This is my rendering of our barracks. The camp was built in the middle of a forest, surrounded by barbed wire. The buildings were of unpainted rough lumber, had wooden floors and few amenities. About four heaters fueled by compressed coal dust and wood, two toilets for night use (after lockup) and one cold water faucet. The ground in the camp was bare dirt, the object in the foreground is a water pond for storage in case of fire, fortunately not needed. This was pained in December of 1943.

12. Our Bunks in the barracks were "3 Story'. Mine was the middle one in this picture along with my laundry and towel. The bed boards, supporting the straw mattress were often used for shoring up the sides of tunnels. Ours had not been used yet but if the "goons" or guards saw some missing, they knew a tunnel was in progress. The name tag on my bunk says "Yama" short for Yamamoto. Someone thought I looked Japanese and the name sort of stuck. September 1944.

13. One of the guard towers that was on the perimeter of the camp. That gray thing in front is a searchlight. There was a low wire about ten or twelve feet from the double barbed wire fence around the camp. The low wire was the beginning of a "no mans land" that was "Verboten". No POW's were allowed in that area............or else. Completed in March 1944.

14. My version of a Christmas card for 1943. I guess I felt as gloomy as it looks. This gives a rough idea of our camp and surroundings.

15. I think I was in a better mood for this holiday card. The war was coming our way and we knew it wouldn't be too much longer.

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