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WWII POWs save Bulloch peanut crop in 1944
Bulloch History
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In a curious twist of events, on August 10, 1944 the Bulloch Herald reported that plans had been finalized for the county's new prisoner of war camp. The barbed wire compound was being built on Dover Road near the city limits. At first, talks had been underway to build two camps: one near Portal and one in Statesboro, but those plans were shelved for a single larger camp.
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