The Journal
Enemy Soldiers in American Soil:
When WWII POWs Camped in Jackson County, Missouri
by David Fiedler
The Autumn
2003 JOURNAL of the Jackson County Historical Society features Enemy
Soldiers in American Soil: When WWII POWs Camped in Jackson County, Missouri by David Fiedler.
The impetus for our lead article Enemy Soldiers in
American Soil: When WWII POWs Camped in Jackson County, Missouri, started
with the generous donation to the Society of a set of snapshots (one
reproduced above) taken by a fellow Jackson County resident--Doris
Milano--and the recollections of her neighbors when POWs lived and mingled
with their families. We’re happy Mr.
Fiedler has recounted this Jackson County story and hope it will encourage
others to begin counting their own stories worth recording. David Fiedler's new book The
Enemy Among Us: German and Italian POWs in Missouri during World War II is
about the prisoner of war camps in Missouri during World War II. The Missouri
Historical Society Press released his book this autumn, and Jackson County
POWs are figured prominently in the text. David Fiedler will be visiting Kansas City and delivering
a presentation about his book to the Society’s Roger “T.” Sermon, Jr.
History Series on Wednesday, October 13, 2004. A book signing will
follow. Mr. Fiedler lives in St. Louis and posts information about his book
and tour schedule on his website http://MoPOWs.tripod.com. Websites
offering more information: David Fiedler’s
website about his book Tim Robert’s
article on POWs in Missouri University
of Missouri-Columbia’s University Press featuring Fiedler's Book St.
Louis on the Air-Archives (for a one-hour long radio interview with
Fiedler) Global
Citizenship hosted by Southwest Missouri State University (with two short
radio broadcasts by Fiedler) To
order this JOURNAL edition, subscribe or join JCHS click
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Photo
by Doris Milano courtesy Jackson County Historical Society © 2004