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GP6971

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2. They were fed the same food, in quantity and quality, as US soldiers. This was according

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Fri Jan 30, 2026, 06:37 PM

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to the Geneva Convention. They were also paid the same rate as US soldiers, on average about 80 cents per day. They could use that money to buy snacks etc at the Camp's equivalent of a PX. And
in some camps, the prisoners also ran there own bakeries.

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I stated wondering how European POWS were fedin the Us [View all] irisblue Friday OP

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They were fed the same food, in quantity and quality, as US soldiers. This was according GP6971 Friday #2

They were fed extremely well. Here's a good explanation, though the visuals aren't much. hedda_foil Friday #3