Wallingford/Jarlov Family Trees

from Effie Robertson Martin photo album:

Bricklayer Wallace Robertson entered the United States Army, July 22, 1942, and served 39 months on detached Stateside duties. He never got overseas because of infection from an injury received in the army just before he was due to ship out. On release from Brooke's General Hospital in 1944, he was assigned to the Prisoner of War camp at Alva, Oklahoma. He completed his duties in October of 1945, and was discharged from the service October 4, 1945, at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He is 39 years old, married and has a sweet little 12 year-old daughter. ['daughter' is struck through, and replaced with 'step daughter', and an additional note of 'First stationed at Camp Hulen, TX - M.P. Div.'. Additional note 'Contractor and builder'.

from Bruce Robertson:

The internet website for "POW Camps in Texas" provides sketchy information on this facility. It was originally constructed as a summer training camp for the 36th Infantry Division, Texas National Guard. During World War II, it was converted to a holding facility, primarily for German POW's. One account reports that POW's were used to lay water lines for the Officer's golf course and paid eighty cents per day, of which 2/3 went into a savings account and 1/3 could be used for buying soap, writing paper, etc. Other POW Camps, such as the Civil Air Station in Corpus Christi, used POW labor to assist local farmers.