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I stated wondering how European POWS were fedin the Us (Original Post) irisblue Jan 30 OP
My mother Cirsium Jan 30 #1
They were fed the same food, in quantity and quality, as US soldiers. This was according GP6971 Jan 30 #2
They were fed extremely well. Here's a good explanation, though the visuals aren't much. hedda_foil Jan 30 #3

Cirsium

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1. My mother
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 06:34 PM
Jan 30

My mother had stories about how she and her girlfriends during WWII would flirt with POWs and pass them food through the fence at an internment camp in Detroit.

GP6971

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2. They were fed the same food, in quantity and quality, as US soldiers. This was according
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 06:37 PM
Jan 30

to the Geneva Convention. They were also paid the same rate as US soldiers, on average about 80 cents per day. They could use that money to buy snacks etc at the Camp's equivalent of a PX. And
in some camps, the prisoners also ran there own bakeries.

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