Camp Swift

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Camp Swift in August 1944

Camp Swift is a Texas Army National Guard training site in Bastrop County , Texas . The camp was established in 1942 as a training ground.

From 1944 it also served as a prisoner of war camp . Up to 10,000 German prisoners of war were housed there.

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Coordinates: 30 ° 11 '2 "  N , 97 ° 17' 52"  W.