August 27, 2004

Law - Former landowners seek to reclaim property taken by government for WW II training base

"During World War II, Camp Breckinridge [Kentucky] was a training base for more than 40,000 soldiers and a prison for 4,000 Germans. The U.S. government purchased the land and evicted the landowners. Now, the heirs of the previous landowners are fighting a legal battle, to repurchase the land."

"Long wait for justice: 62-year-old Breckinridge land dispute hits new snag," is the headline to this long and very interesting feature by Maureen Hayden from Monday's Evansville Courier&Press.

Posted by Marcia Oddi at August 27, 2004 09:44 AM