| Title |
095_POW Camp Soccer Team |
| Description |
A collection of photographs and oral history quotes that document the history of the Prisoner of War camp at Defense Depot Ogden that opened in 1943 and closed in 1946. The oral histories were conducted with widows of German and Italian POWs, former guards, and community members that worked with the POWs. |
| Image Captions |
This one Saturday or Sunday, he asked me to go to Salt Lake to watch him play soccer. He said, "My friend's girlfriend is going down there." So we got together, packed a lunch and went down. We took the Greyhound bus to Salt Lake, then took a taxi out to Freemont Park where they were playing soccer. We were still in the taxi and getting ready to pay, when this two truckloads of Italian prisoners drive up. That taxi driver wasn't going to let us out of the cab. He was going to take us back into town. Finally we convinced him we knew what we were doing and he let us go. -Cleone Battisti |
| Subject |
Prisoners of war; World War, 1939-1945--Prisoner-of-war camps--Utah; Prisoners of war--Photographs; Ogden Defense Depot; Ogden (Utah) |
| Digital Publisher |
Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, USA |
| Date Original |
1940; 1944; 1945; 1946 |
| Date |
1940; 1944; 1945; 1946 |
| Date Digital |
2006 |
| Type |
Image/StillImage |
| Conversion Specifications |
Archived TIFF images were scanned at 300 dpi with an Epson Expression 10000XL scanner. Digital images were reformatted in Photoshop. JPG and PDF files were then created for general use. |
| Language |
eng |
| Relation |
https://archivesspace.weber.edu/repositories/3/resources/134 |
| Rights |
Materials may be used for non-profit and educational purposes; please credit Special Collections Department, Stewart Library, Weber State University. |
| Source |
MS 29 Box 26 Fd 4-5 Special Collections, Stewart Library, Weber State University |
| Format |
image/jpeg |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6nrqp8f |
| Setname |
wsu_wwii |
| ID |
99077 |
| Reference URL |
https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6nrqp8f |
