P.O.W. Diary

Answers come you in Dreams

Program the conscious mind before you go to sleep with what you search for and the subconscious mind will give a the answer!

Dream: 5:25hr 18/01/2020

The P.O.W. Diary Dream.

Why I like ..... Hogan’s Heroes! at age (11)

Why I like.......at age (14) John Ransom’s Diary

Why I visited Andersonville P.O.W. Museum GA In 2001 at age 46

I kept a diary or journal 1943-45

It was called 31st - 32nd July?

Bingo!

I sat up in bed and dialled up Google.....

“diary POW joseph h baillie ww2 1943-1945 USA”

Lo and behold :

....... The 4th entry down

Under World War II - American Ex-Prisoners of War

Adams, John H, WWII, Santa Barbara, CA, Army Air Forces, ETO, 8 AF 2 ... Belleville, Albert C, WWII, Le May, MO, Army, ETO, USA, 13B, POW.

Missing: diary ‎| Must include: diary

Thanks to our unique Scottish spelling of the word Baillie I quickly found this entry:-

Baillie Joseph H WWII Rocklin CA Army Air Forces ETO 95 BG DULAG LUFT 3 7A PO

DULAG LUFT 3 7A PO

Hitting Bedrock

Rocklin's history is closely tied to the transcontinental railroad. In 1862, the Pacific Railroad Act granted the Central Pacific Railroad land near Secret Ravine. In 1864, the Central Pacific Railroad completed an extension of its track southwest from Newcastle to Secret Ravine. It named the area Rocklin after its granite quarry, and used the site as a refueling and water stop. The Central Pacific built a roundhouse in 1867. The transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869, significantly increasing railroad traffic through the town. According to the 1870 census, Rocklin had grown to 542 residents, and the majority of Irish immigrants had foregone mining and were working for the railroad. In 1906 the Central Pacific moved its facility from Rocklin to Roseville, where more land was available for expansion. The site in Roseville has remained in continuous use since. As of August 2014, it is the largest rail facility near the US West Coast.

In 1869 a group of laid-off Chinese railroad workers moved to Secret Ravine to mine and raise vegetables which they sold locally. They were driven out during the anti-Chinese pogrom of September 1876, but the area was still known as China Gardens as of 1974.

The Rocklin post office opened in 1868. Finnish immigrants settled in Rocklin starting in the 1870s, and Spanish settlers arriving by way of Hawaii settled in Rocklin during the early 20th Century. The town incorporated in 1893.

Trains, Citrus Fruit and Granite

Hitting paid dirt!

Joseph H Baillie

Age 99

Roseville, CA

Related to: Lorraine Baillie

Still alive!!!

Lorraine Baillie

Age 103

Roseville, CA

Related to: Joseph H Baillie

Still alive!!! Updated: I have since learnt that Joe passed in 1996 at Rocklin aged 75.

Wow!

Rocklin CA motto: "A Family Community"

Folsom Prison

Just a stones throw from Rocklin CA across the railroad tracks is Folsom Prison.

The first Album I bought way back in ‘71 was Johnny Cash live at San Quentin, my favourite track - Folsom Prison Blues!

At the same time working in Boots the Chemists I had a crush on a girl called Lorraine, Ramsgate 1971.

Flintstones

Rocklin CA aka Bedrock!