-Alemaster
Astonished German POWs roll through Texas expecting brutality—and find coffee, wages, and cowboys. This episode traces how enemies became ranch hands, neighbors, and, eventually, Americans.
- A train window view: Amarillo, chaps, and culture shock
- Camp life: hot showers, scrip pay, Western swing
- Cotton fields & cattle drives with ranchers who shake hands
- The Papago Park tunnel…and a very dry “river”
- VE Day goodbyes—and surprising returns as immigrants
What happens when propaganda slams into Texas hospitality? The answer rewrites what captivity—and humanity—can look like.
