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During World War II, an eastern portion of the Fort Reno lands served as an internment work camp for German and Italian prisoners of war. Mostly from Gen. Rommel's Afrikakorp, captured in North Africa, over 1,300 Germans were brought to Fort Reno by rail. While imprisoned there, the German POW's were hired as laborers for local farmers, and in 1944 built the chapel. Today the chapel is used for various activities such as weddings, a yearly German and Italian memorial service, and Christmas Guns.
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El Reno, Oklahoma · United States
