Stalag 17 1953 HD -William Holden, Otto Preminger, Robert Strauss, Don Taylor, Peter Graves

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What a far cry from the POW camps in the US where they had new movies shown every week, were paid American military wages, lived in barracks similar to those used by the military (40 sq ft for each enlisted man), were allowed outside the camp to go to restaurants, reported directly to their own officers since most American guards didn't speak their language, were allowed access to beer and wine, and even had recreational activities like sports, and social interactions with American women. Some even had bungalows with gardens but if they did have to sleep in tents due to construction of new camps, the guards slept in tents too. Everyone was treated the same. Many German POWs wrote home to say that they had been won over by the Americans and were impressed at how well they were treated. It always seemed strange that the US Army would take their POWs across an ocean just to imprison captured soldiers. Seemed like a waste of time and money.