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Columbus Crew Now Stationed At (CCCamp At FI. Stanton[•'OUT STANTON, March 18 iV)- The crew of the m-iittled German liner Columlms si*t lo work today t nuike a home of :t renovated CCC barracks in the mountain* ofthe armi-arid south west.Six thousand miles separated the •III Nazis from their fiitht-rUiulmol more than n U*nlh that distance was between the sailors from the nearest must.Their new home, presumably for the duration »f the war, consists of 20 odd traino buildings on the grounds af the Kort Stanton Marino VcteruiiB hospital in Uio foothills of the Sierra lihiiicu mountains.*Us lumber, adobe aiul tnr paper • hmsliuctioif '• contrasted sharply with Ihc CicnnmiK1 riuarlcrs aboard the $2P,0m).l)[10 luxury liner, (Nil- | unibus, which they final December . 17. HW, off the Virgin in coast, to escape the llrilisli.A mill a Ktiowaiorm which hul the high surrounding poults, the filialcontingent of 2JJ3 sailors reached the camp laic yesterday. A two-
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Hobbs Daily News Sun

Hobbs, New Mexico, US

Wed, Mar 19, 1941

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