POWs at Fort Custer  hear news of Germany's defeat

dc.date.accessioned	2019-08-27T15:03:08Z
dc.date.available	2019-08-27T15:03:08Z
dc.date.issued	1945-00-00
dc.identifier.uri	http://dspace.willardlibrary.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/1000000602
dc.description	About 4,000 German prisoners held at Fort Custer hear the news of Germany's surrender on May 8, 1945. It was the first time since war prisoners had been assigned to Fort Custer that they all had been assembled for an announcement. The Enquirer and News reported the following day that the soldiers received the news "without a single display of emotion."	en_US
dc.format.medium	4x5 BW negative
dc.subject	fort custer german prisoners POW	en_US
dc.title	POWs at Fort Custer hear news of Germany's defeat	en_US
dc.type	Image	en_US
dc.description.envelope	German Prisoners- FORT CUSTER POW hear news of Germany's defeat
dc.description.photographer	Enquirer and News
dc.description.taxonomy	Geographic\|Battle Creek Area History\|Wars\|World War II	en_US