Prisoners of War Relatives Meet.

Title

Subject

Military.

Description

A Friday, May 4, 1945 Florence Herald report of the meeting at the American Red Cross headquarters at the Elks Club in Florence on the previous Saturday of eighteen persons "who had boys from their families in German or Japanese prison camps." A letter from William H. Summerhill, a German POW and the only black POW from Lauderdale County, whose mother Mrs. Lizzie Burge was present, was read.

Source

Florence Herald

Publisher

Newspapers.com

Date

1945-05-04

Contributor

Lee Freeman

Rights

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Format

Jpeg

Language

English

Type

Still Image

Files

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Collection

Military

Citation

“Prisoners of War Relatives Meet.,” Shoals Black History, accessed April 23, 2024, https://shoalsblackhistory.omeka.net/items/show/1171.