American Ex-Prisoners of War-Heart of America Chapter Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of scrapbooks and photographs that document the American Ex-Prisoners of War-Heart of America Chapter‘s activities. Also included in this collection is a manuscript for the book Former American Prisoners of War Tell Their Stories and a history of Stalag IVB, Muhlberg, Germany.
Dates
- Creation: 1953 - 2007
Creator
- American Ex-Prinsoners of War. Heart of America Chapter (Organization)
Administrative History
The American Ex-Prisoners of War organization was created in 1942. Originally founded by family members and friends of American soldiers captured by the Japanese, it was called the Bataan Relief Organization or BRO. BRO members held war bond and relief drives. In addition members would gather information on missing servicemen and share this with their families across the United States. After the war, the first BRO convention was held in 1948. At this convention, the organization’s name was officially changed to American Ex-Prisoners of War. This change occurred so that all prisoners of war could be members.
The Heart of America Chapter began in 1953 and is based out of Kansas City, Missouri. This chapter is one of 300 chapters across the United States.
Full Extent
3 Boxes
Language of Materials
English
German
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- American Ex-Prisoners of War-Heart of America Chapter Collection
- Subtitle
- A finding aid from the Midwest Genealogy Center
- Author
- Nicole Pye
- Date
- 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Midwest Genealogy Center Repository