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Andersonville, Georgia, June 9, 2012Statue of a prisoner of war in The Price of Freedom Fully Paid commemorative courtyard at the National Prisoner of War Museum, Andersonville National Historic Site, Georgia. The courtyard serves as a memorial to all prisoners of war.
Back in 2012, on our way to Charleston for a mini-vacation, we took a little detour to visit the Andersonville National Historic Site, the location of one of the most horrific civil war POW camps. It’s a ways off the beaten path in Georgia adjacent to a small town, Andersonville. The POW camp was actually named Camp Sumter.
The highlight of our visit was the National Prisoner of War Museum. While museum does a fascinating treatment of a very somber subject, what made it the highlight was the discovery of some family memorabilia.
Karen’s uncle, Linus Marlow, had been taken prisoner in the Philippines at Bataan. He survived the death march and the slave labor camps. After returning home, he made a career in the Air Force. We knew he had donated some of his POW memorabilia to a museum, but we didn’t know it was this one and were quite surprised to come across it.
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