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Located one mile west was the site of a World War II prisoner-of-war camp. Formerly a 1930s Civilian Conservation Corps camp, the low-security camp opened October 14, 1943. It held captured German soldiers of the Afrikacorps who worked in the area sugar cane fields. Area citizens remembered them for their friendly behavior.
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Franklin, Louisiana · United States
