Bachrach
Garage Detail Military Prisoner of War Camp #8
City of
Manila
Reported to
have been established in January 1943, on the premises of the Bachrach
Garage, near the Port of Manila, for the purpose of using POW labor to
repair Japanese vehicles. Camp closed late October 1944 and the POW transferred
to Japan.
1943: PHILIPPINES
to MISSOURI
Type 1 Prisoner
of War Card with Examiner "250" mark applied
upon arrival
in the U.S. Dated on reverse "Sept 20-43."
Cpl. Frank
G. Knapp served with the 194th Tank Battalion.
Survived
the war and was liberated in Japan.
Kurt Stauffer
Collection
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