Shortly after 7 A.M. on February 23, 1945 -- 2,147 persons were liberated from this camp.
Here are just a few of the people interned at Los Banos:
Airriess Family
Robert Coleman Allen
Bateman Family
Harold Raymond Bayley
Herman Knight Beaber
Frank Emil Becker
Joseph Bittner
Blechynden Family
Bousman Family
Brooks Family
Horace Brooks
Katherine Ellis Brown
Corwin Chapman
Croft Family
DeVries Family
Clyde Alton DeWitt
William H. Donald
Bertha Rae Evans
Falkner Family
Fonger Family
Fox Family
Henry Emil Gallit
Elwood Llewellin Garrett
Lewis and Charlotte Haven
another Hess Family
D'Arcy Swain Hunt
Innis Family
John Family
Ansie Lee
Saul Lubarsky
Carl Axel Lundquist
Clarrisa Mackie
Elmer Madsen
MaGee Family
William Mitchell
Montesa Family
Mora Family
Frank Oliver Mortlock
William Elmer Murray, Jr.
Dana Wilson Nance
Nash Family
Nathanson Family
Elbert Monroe "Al" Overton
Hoyle William Owens
Walter Bruce Patey
Harold Ray Penny
Rose Family
George Silvio Routhier
Sams Family
Scaff Family
Schade Family
Schuster Family
Elizabeth "Georgi" Scott
William Robert Shaffer
Joseph Moses Shurdut
Dr. James Walter Strong
David Lenox Stuart
Raymond George Sudhoff
Joe Terry
Thomas Family
Tonkin Family
Martha Bowler Trogstad
Albert Edward Waterstradt
Watt Family
Werff Family
Wheeler Family
Hugh Hoskin Williams
Edward J. Wilson
Whitaker Family
Wienke Family
Here's a good book by one of the Los Banos liberators, Lt. Gen. E.M. Flanagan, Jr. USA (Ret.)
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