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Author and historian John Westerlund stands in front a religious marker where POWs gathered for church services at the Navajo Ordnance Depot during World War II. The top of the monument held a crucifix.

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The Navajo Ordnance Depot was built in Bellemont in 1942 as an ammunition storage location for the Pacific Theater of World War II.

By Wendy Howell October 4, 2017