Collection:LPB

Genre: Documentary

Place Covered: Ruston, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority, Michael T. Campisi Productions

Date Issued: 2007-09-20

Duration: 00:28:21

Subjects: World War II | Military | Camp Ruston | Prisoner of war

Contributors:

• Campisi, Michael T. Producer
• Blumenberg, Horst Interviewee
• Moore, Gary Interviewee

This documentary from September 20, 2004, focuses on the 4,315 German prisoners of war from World War II who were housed at Camp Ruston in Ruston, Louisiana, from 1943-1946. The prisoners of war served in General Erwin Rommel’s North Afrika Korps and the Kriegsmarine, or German Navy. The documentary touches on: Camp Ruston’s first role as a training site for the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps; life at Camp Ruston for the German POWs; and the secret capture of German U-boat U-505 and subsequent detention of the crew at Camp Ruston.