Join the Flint Hills Discovery Center and Lowell May tonight from 6:30 to 7:30 for the next Free Duty First Lecture.
Hear the fascinating story of German POWs sent to the far corners of Kansas and the farmers and ranchers who suddenly found the enemy living and even working in their own backyard.
This talk will focus on the general experience of POWs in Kansas with specific examples from the POW camp at Lake Wabaunsee in the Flint Hills.
Retired Sgt. Maj. Lowell May is a military historian and member of the Fort Riley Vintage Military Vehicle Club. He is co-author of Prisoners of War in Kansas 1943-1946.