mer Two Prisoner ef “ar companies, comprising approximately 400 = arrived direct from North Africa, have been utilized in genera depot operations. — It is understood that these men were removed from the African theater due to their Vaal tendency. ors incompatibility, f nese recalcitrant nature and pro- companies attempt, on Saturday 12, ‘ebruar " 19bh to dnfinenee Prisoner of Yar detalle working for Signal Supply Section inte not performing the type ef work that hav e performed for eight months in a very satisfactery on the grounds that they were helping the war effort. ow inetunce occurred among the loyal » a ce. On the morning of 15 February 1944, tment, , Southweat Storage Area, two men . they mannez prisoners in the Ordnane from this co oany Lllegaliy canoes possession of a .-ton Axk and crashed the vehicle, ace eidently or otherwiee, into two parked éx6é trucks causing ay preciable damage. vercome , the imme dislas > fhaure, w the arrival of 1,000 addi tdonal laatenie it is felt hat such action would avoid y= of Yaw, his shortage may incur, operations.“ in spite of the many annoying infractions, the officers in charge of the prisoners of war feel that the moral feel that with any heterog necus group of men, is good. regardless They of nation~- ality, living in close quarters, presents problems of discipline. a Memo EE a to ixecutive Officer from Vapt, ie Usher, a 15 rebruary 194A. .