"PO Box 1142 - WW2 Intel Base" Topic
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Wyatt the Odd  | 26 Jan 2010 7:41 p.m. PST |
A buried part of WW2 history was recovered – and not a moment too soon. The operation known as P.O. Box 1142 provided vital intelligence from POWs link Wyatt |
 Murphy  | 26 Jan 2010 8:16 p.m. PST |
wow…that's all I can say to this… |
| CLDecker | 26 Jan 2010 8:52 p.m. PST |
I live about 3 miles from there, a lovely park overall. The history is quite interesting, plenty of markers and pictorial displays to look over. I believe Prince William County National Park was used by the OSS and is still used by the two big "alphabet" Fed organizations for training to this day. |
| Ditto Tango 2 1 | 26 Jan 2010 9:14 p.m. PST |
Very interesting story, wyatt, thanks. In Deep River, Ontario, there was a building where German POWs were kept – they were involved with building the nuclear reactor, ZED, in 1944/45 at what became Aomic Energy Canada Limited, Chalk River Research Labs. One of the buildings they lived in still remained when I lived there in the early 90s, and was called Hill House. It was used a community center and I was involved as an adult leader with a group of boy scouts (Beavers, aged 4.5 to 7 years old) who met there. There was graffitti carved in some of the wooden walls from these prisoners and I was sorry to hear that it has since been torn down instead of being restored. It's a pity so much in North America is built of wood – it makes it easier to tear down instead of leaving up! 
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Tim |
| Griefbringer | 27 Jan 2010 3:44 a.m. PST |
they were involved with building the nuclear reactor, ZED Something like this? picture |
 ColCampbell  | 27 Jan 2010 7:28 a.m. PST |
Griefbringer, You can't fool us with that come-on! Jim |
| Man of Few Words | 27 Jan 2010 12:55 p.m. PST |
Great story! Did you notice, though, the reference to "Rommel's daughter's wedding". Having been quoted in local papaers about Civil War History, I some times wonder if I was there…at the interview. Not every reporter knows as much about OUR SUBJECT as we do but I would like to come away with the confidence that the story I read is correct. This would be a lot better expenditure than some of the things the Park Service is required to spend its money on. |
| Arrigo | 28 Jan 2010 3:58 p.m. PST |
one question… Manfred Rommel changed gender? He had only one child… a boy born in 1928, so it is higly unlikely that he had married during the war… |
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