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Fort Reno Cemetery7107 W. Cheyenne St., El Reno, OKPhone: 405-262-3987 link 
Photo(s): 2013
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During
WWII the fort served as a POW Camp housing German and Italian prisoners
of war. There is a dedicated section of the cemetery for the POWs who
died during during their stay in such camps in the USA. There were 24
camps of various sizes spread around Oklahoma and the southwest, together
they held something like 20,000 POWs over the course of the war. My
understanding is that most of the POWs buried here died in other camps.
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Home > OK
> Fort Reno >
Fort Reno Cemetery7107 W. Cheyenne St., El Reno, OKPhone: 405-262-3987 link
Photo(s): 2013
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