German POWs in New Mexico Built Tin-Can Fans. One Never Forgot Roswell.

German prisoners at Camp Orchard near Roswell combined small electric motors taken without permission from the motor pool with blades cut from food cans. The result was a set of improvised window fans—and the man who preserved that detail later returned to the United States and lived in Roswell. 0:00 The tin-can window fan 1:05 Capture in Tunisia 1:45 Mexia, Camp Swift and Orchard Park 2:30 How the prisoners built the fans 3:30 Wilfried Grüber’s route to Roswell 4:45 Poethig’s cotton details 6:00 Farms, tumbleweeds and local families 7:30 What remained in Roswell 9:00 Four tapes preserve the story 10:00 The Roswell return Sources: https://oralhistory.nmfarmandranchmus... https://oralhistory.nmfarmandranchmus... https://oralhistory.nmfarmandranchmus... https://oralhistory.nmfarmandranchmus... https://oralhistory.nmfarmandranchmus... https://oralhistory.nmfarmandranchmus... https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAss... https://www.nmhistoricpreservation.or...