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		In the spring of 1945 the war was winding down in Europe, but that didn't have any effect on the labor shortage here at home. It had become obvious that, without the help of the prisoners, the War Department could not meet its production goals.
	The horse slaughtering plant at Fort Robinson was manned by POWs. It is still standing at the old POW camp site Branch camps were established throughout southern Nebraska and northern Kansas. In addition to the camp at Atlanta there were smaller ones maintained at Scottsbluff, Ogallala, Hays Center, Palisade, Benkelman, Indianola, Elwood, Lexington, Bertrand, Alma, Kearney, Franklin, Grand Island, the Cornhusker Ammo Plant, Hastings, Hebron and Weeping Water in Nebraska. Hays and Cawker City, Kansas also hosted branch camps.