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Camp Huntsville was one of the first and largest POW camps constructed in America during World War II. Located roughly eight miles east of Huntsville, Texas, in Walker County, the camp was built in 1942 and opened for prisoners the following year. The camp served as a model site for POW installations across the country and set a high standard for the treatment of prisoners.

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Camp Huntsville was one of the first and largest POW camps constructed in America during World War II. Located roughly eight miles east of Huntsville, Texas, in Walker County, the camp was built in 1942 and opened for prisoners the following year. The camp served as a model site for POW installations across the country and set a high standard for the treatment of prisoners.
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JEFFREY L. LITTLEJOHN is an associate professor and director of graduate studies in history at Sam Houston State University. A native of Dallas, Texas, he completed his undergraduate degree at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, and his MA and PhD at the University of Arkansas. He has co-authored numerous works with Charles H. Ford, including Elusive Equality: Desegregation and Resegregation in Norfolk's Public Schools (University of Virginia Press); "Arthur D. Morse, School Desegregation, and the Making of CBS News, 1955-1964" (American Journalism); and "Booker T. Washington High School: History, Identity, and Educational Equity in Norfolk, Virginia" (forthcoming in the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography). CHARLES H. FORD, serves as professor and director of history at Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Virginia. Along with his research partner, Dr. Jeffrey Littlejohn, he has published an array of works on civil rights and twentieth century Virginia. In 2014, he and Littlejohn won the Rachal Award from the Virginia Historical Society for their co-authored article in the Society's Virginia Magazine of History and Biography: "Reconstructing the Old Dominion: Lewis F. Powell, Stuart T. Saunders, and the Virginia Industrialization Group, 1956-65." He also serves as a trustee of the Norfolk Public Library system.