Author speaks of POW camps in Iowa counties
Associate Professor of Education at Simpson College in Indianola, Chad W. Timm and author of Working with the Enemy: German, Italian, and Japanese prisoners of war in Iowa during the Second World War, visited the New Hampton Public Library last week to give an engaging talk about Prisoner of War camps in Iowa.Timm taught high school history for 15 years and has also been teaching future social studies teachers since 2010. His Master’s Degree is in Agricultural History and Rural Studies from Iowa State University, and his PhD. in Education is also from Iowa State but he still finds time to give about 6-12 presentations a year throughout Iowa and the midwest.For the complete story see the 11/22/2016 New Hampton Tribune.