The claim: Clinton, ?
What it really is: Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base was closed in 1969. Today it is the Clinton-Sherman Industrial Airpark.
Showing posts with label Oklahoma. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oklahoma. Show all posts
Sunday, September 29, 2013
Altus AFB, Oklahoma
The claim: Altus, 5,982
What it really is: Altus Air Force Base is just your typical Air Force base that after looking at it via Google maps I could find nothing resembling a prison camp.
What it really is: Altus Air Force Base is just your typical Air Force base that after looking at it via Google maps I could find nothing resembling a prison camp.
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Ft. Sill (Lawton), Oklahoma
The claim: Former WWII detention camps. More data still needed.
What it really is: Ft. Sill is one of the oldest military bases in the country. The site itself was founded in 1869 and was registered as a National Historic Landmark in 1960.
What it really is: Ft. Sill is one of the oldest military bases in the country. The site itself was founded in 1869 and was registered as a National Historic Landmark in 1960.
While the fort was the site of a POW camp during World War Two, the lack of any data tells me that the site is only accused of being a FEMA camp is because it is a military base that had a POW camp located there.
McAlester, Oklahoma
The claim: near Army Munitions Plant property - former WWII German / Italian POW camp designated for future use.
What it really is: According to Oklahoma Historical Society the site of the POW camp was built north of the city, while the munitions plant was built south of the town. As for the former POW camp itself, it's most likely been torn down and now used for public use.
What it really is: According to Oklahoma Historical Society the site of the POW camp was built north of the city, while the munitions plant was built south of the town. As for the former POW camp itself, it's most likely been torn down and now used for public use.
El Reno, Oklahoma
The claim: Renovated federal internment facility with CURRENT population of 12,000 on Route 66.
What it really is: There is a is a medium security Federal Correctional Institution there called FCI El Reno (with a minimum security prison camp), but it does not have a current population of 12,000, but a population of 1,000 (with a population of 265 in the prison camp).
What it really is: There is a is a medium security Federal Correctional Institution there called FCI El Reno (with a minimum security prison camp), but it does not have a current population of 12,000, but a population of 1,000 (with a population of 265 in the prison camp).
Will Rogers World Airport, Oklahoma
The claim: FEMA's main processing center for west of the Mississippi. All personnel are kept out of the security zone. Federal prisoner transfer center located here (A pentagon-shaped building where airplanes can taxi up to).
What it really is: Yes, there is a transfer Federal prisoner transfer center (although it's hexagon shaped, not pentagon shaped) but just because this place exists (which is public knowledge) it does not mean that it is a processing center for FEMA.
What it really is: Yes, there is a transfer Federal prisoner transfer center (although it's hexagon shaped, not pentagon shaped) but just because this place exists (which is public knowledge) it does not mean that it is a processing center for FEMA.
Tinker AFB (OKC), Oklahoma
The claim: All base personnel are prohibited from going near civilian detention area, which is under constant guard.
What it really is: It's a military base, and all military bases have sites on them that you are not allowed to go to unless there is a need for you to be there and would need to be constantly guarded, such as say the hangers where they store the E-6B Mercury airplanes there.
What it really is: It's a military base, and all military bases have sites on them that you are not allowed to go to unless there is a need for you to be there and would need to be constantly guarded, such as say the hangers where they store the E-6B Mercury airplanes there.
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