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Carl Fernelius was born 6 September 1923 in South Weber, Utah. He was drafted in June of 1943, and received his orders to go to Ogden, Utah to work as an MP at the POW camp at the DDO. See also Stewart Library digital collection oral history Interview, WWII Prisoners of War in Ogden and MS 418 Venture Academy for his oral history interviews.

Abstract The DDO Prisoner of War Collection was created from materials gathered for the POW exhibit created by Special Collections in the Stewart Library in 2006. It is broken up into two main series, POW Collection and POW Exhibit and OHI. The POW Collection series were items gathered after the exhibit that deal specifically with the camp. There are correspondence in the form of letters and postcards with a few translations included. There are photographs, an Italy...

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The Ogden Defense Depot, designated as a POW camp on October 11, 1942, was one of the first ten camps in the country. An estimated 5,000 Italian prisoners and approximately 4,000 German prisoners were sent to the facility. The prisoners worked in local warehouses, farms, and orchard.