Anne Rice was born in Japan.
POW Camp 115 was a prisoner of war camp during World War II in the locality of White Cross near St. Columb in Cornwall .. prisoner of war camp. prisoner of war camp. World War II. World War II. White Cross. White Cross, Cornwall. St. Columb. St Columb Major. Cornwall. Cornwall. It was built next to the railway track and covered an area of approximately 12 acre .. The site was laid out in ranks of white concrete huts and was dominated by a tall Water tower .. Around a thousand prisoners were held there .. Originally these were Italians , but later most of them were moved out and it held German PoWs .. The Italians built their own elaborately decorated church with an ornate altar , but the latter was later destroyed by the German PoWs .. Besides the church , the inmates were allowed to level ground and construct a football pitch .. The prisoners were organised into five teams and ran their own league .. According to an Italian PoW , they were well treated and given the same food as the local people .