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Prisoners of war

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: https://lccn.loc.gov/sh85106971

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Camp Aliceville, Alabama, Materials

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4196
Overview Papers, letters, and photographs of German prisoners of war during and after their internment at Camp Aliceville, Alabama.
Dates: 1943-1995
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Camp Aliceville, Alabama, Materials

P.O.W. - M.I.A. Recognition Day papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3558
Overview P.O.W. - M.I.A. Recognition Day, 9 July 1982, State of Alabama Proclamation signed by Gov. Fob James.
Dates: 1982 July 9
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / P.O.W. - M.I.A. Recognition Day papers

Walker-Traweek Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2012-030
Abstract Thirty-eight photographs of CFS Curtis Wayne Walker and Asst. Operations Sgt. Melvin W. Traweek taken during the Korean War in 1952. Photographs are of various sizes. Images include: Korean natives, “Hill 1062” with background taken from Kumwha Valley, mountains, bridges, tank with mine explosive device, Chinese POW camp on Koje Island, Gen. James A. Van Fleet, villages, burned buildings, rivers, Korean huts, scenes from Seoul, church and supply bunker.
Dates: 1952-07
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Walker-Traweek Photographs

Ada Wilkins papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2447
Overview Contains one letter from Mrs. Ada Wilkins of Zanesville, Ohio, on 15 March 1945 to her son, Talen D. Wilkins, who was a prisoner of war at a stalag in Germany. There is also a telegram from the Secretary of War informing her that he was missing in action in the Northern African area on March 27 (no year given).
Dates: 1945 March 15
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Ada Wilkins papers