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An interview with Gary Slaughter

Author interview · 17 Dec 2021

WWII POWs in America and Abroad by Gary Slaughter

Why he wrote about prisoners held in camps from 1939 to 1945, his wartime childhood in Owosso, classic films and co-writing with his wife.

A look at prisoners of war held in camps in the United States during the Second World War, including German POWs in small-town branch camps, and at American POWs held in Germany.