Camp O'Donnell

POWs are lectured on the rules after arriving at Camp O'Donnell. They were also told they were captives and not prisoners of war and would be treated as captives.
Courtesy of Ben Steele©
POW are lectured
Courtesy of Ben Steele©

This photo shows the POWs at Camp O'Donnell receiving their rations. The food was given in meager portions. Note the Japanese guard walking among the prisoners. The POW directly behind the guard, and walking in the same direction as the guard, is Jim Bashleben of B Company.
Courtesy of the Lewis Brittan Family
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Since there were not enough barracks for the POWs to live in, many of the POWs were housed in tents.
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Filipino soldiers carry their dead in slings to the cemetery. 26,000 Filipinos died at the camp, while 1500 Americans died in the 61 days the camp was open.
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The Camp O'Donnell cross at the National Prisoner of War Museum at Andersonville, Georgia.
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Aerial photo of Camp O'Donnell Cemetery taken after the war from a American Reconnaissance plane.
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