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©
Morning assembly at Camp O'Donnell in early 1942.
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This drawing By Col. Malcom V. Fortier depicts POW life in the camp at Tarlac, Philippine Islands.
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Drawing of a POW barrack at Camp O'Donnell
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A photo of an abandoned Camp O'Donnell.
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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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POWs lie under barracks at Camp O'Donnell.
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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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POW kitchen at Camp O'Donnell
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Camp O'Donnell meal
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American burial detail at Camp O'Donnell.
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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 opened.
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Mass grave at Camp O'Donnell
Courtesy of Ben Steele
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Camp O'Donnell picture taken by American photographer in 1945.
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Overgrown Camp O'Donnell Cemetery as seen in 1945.
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American graves at Camp O'Donnell in 1945.
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A 1945 photos of the Camp O'Donnell Cemetery Cross
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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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Remains of American POWs being exhumed from a mass grave at Camp O'Donnell.
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Camp O'Donnell Plaque
Camp O'Donnell Plaque
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Original Camp O'Donnell Memorial which was replaced because of damage due to repeated flooding.
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Dedication to the soldiers who lived and died at Camp O'Donnell
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