Major German Prisoner of War
Internment Camps in the United States


Camp Algona, Iowa
Camp Aliceville, Alabama
Camp Alva, Oklahoma
Camp Angel Island, California
Camp Ashby, Virginia
Camp Ashford, West Virginia
Camp Atlanta, Nebraska
Camp Atterbury, Indiana
Camp Barkeley, Texas
Camp Beale, California
Camp Blanding, Florida
Camp Bowie, Texas
Camp Brady, Texas
Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
Camp Butner, North Carolina
Camp Campbell, Kentucky
Camp Carson, Colorado
Camp Chaffee, Arkansas
Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
Camp Clarinda, Iowa
Camp Clark, Missouri
Camp Clinton, Mississippi
Camp Como, Mississippi
Camp Concordia, Kansas
Camp Cooke, California
Camp Croft, South Carolina
Camp Crossville, Tennessee
Camp Crowder, Missouri
Camp David, Maryland
Camp Dermott, Arkansas
Camp Douglas, Wyoming
Camp Edwards, Massachusetts
Camp Ellis, Illinois
Camp Evelyn, Michigan
Camp Fannin, Texas
Camp Farragut, Idaho
Camp Florence, Arizona
Camp Forrest, Tennessee
Camp Gordon Johnston, Florida
Camp Grant, Illinois
Camp Gruber, Oklahoma
Camp Hale, Colorado
Camp Hearne, Texas
Camp Hood, Texas
Camp Houlton, Maine
Camp Howze, Texas
Camp Hulen, Texas
Camp Huntsville, Texas
Camp Indianola, Nebraska
Camp Jerome, Arkansas
Camp Lee, Virginia
Camp Livingston, Louisiana
Camp Lordsburg, New Mexico
Camp McAlester, Oklahoma
Camp McCain, Mississippi
Camp McCoy, Wisconsin
Camp McLean, Texas
Camp Mackall, North Carolina
Camp Maxey, Texas
Camp Mexia, Texas
Camp Monticello, Arkansas
Camp New Cumberland, Pennsylvania
Camp Ogden, Utah
Camp Opelika, Alabama
Camp Papago Park, Arizona
Camp Peary, Virginia
Camp Perry, Ohio
Camp Phillips, Kansas
Camp Pickett, Virginia
Camp Pima, Arizona
Camp Polk, Lousiana
Camp Popolopen, New York
Camp Pryor, Oklahoma
Camp Reynolds, Pennsylvania
 Camp Jos. T. Robinson, Arkansas
Camp Roswell, New Mexico
Camp Rucker, Alabama
Camp Rupert, Idaho
Camp Ruston, Louisiana
Camp Scottsbluff, Nebraska
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Camp Sibert, Alabama
Camp Somerset, Maryland
Camp Stewart, Georgia
Camp Stockton, California
Camp Sutton, North Carolina
Camp Swift, Texas
Camp Tonkawa, Oklahoma
Camp Trinidad, Colorado
Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi
Camp Wallace, Texas
Camp Wheeler, Georgia
Camp White, Oregon
Camp Wolters, Texas
Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana
Fort Benning, Georgia
Fort Bliss, Texas
Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Fort Crockett, Texas
Fort Curtis, Virginia
Fort Custer, Michigan
Fort Devens, Massachusetts
Fort Dix, New Jersey
Fort DuPont, Delaware
Fort Eustis, Virginia
Fort Gordon, Georgia
Fort Greely, Colorado
Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Fort Kearny, Rhode Island
Fort Knox, Kentucky
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
Fort Lewis, Washington
Fort McClellan, Alabama
Fort Meade, Maryland
Fort Niagara, New York
Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia
Fort Ord, California
Fort Patrick Henry, Virginia
Fort Reno, Oklahoma
Fort Riley, Kansas
Fort Robinson, Nebraska
Fort D. A. Russell, Texas
Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Fort Sheridan, Illinois
Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Fort F. E. Warren, Wyoming

Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland
Eglin Army Air Field, Florida
Glennan General Hospital, Oklahoma
Halloran General Hospital, New York
Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, Virginia
Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania
Holabird Signal Depot, Maryland
McCloskey General Hospital, Texas
Memphis General Depot, Tennessee
New Orleans Port of Embarkation, Louisiana
Olmsted Field, Pennsylvania
Pine Bluff Arsenal, Arkansas
Richmond ASF Depot, Virginia
Tobyhanna Military Reservation, Pennsylvania
Westover Field, Massachusetts


Monthly Census of Prisoners of War
Interned in the Continental United States

End of Month Total German Italian Japanese

1942
May 32 31 1
June 33 32 - 1
July 49 39 - 10
August 65 55 - 10
September 177 130 - 47
October 183 130 - 53
November 431 380 - 51
December 1,881 512 1,317 52

1943
January 2,365 990 1,313 62
February 2,444 1,026 1,356 62
March 2,755 1,334 1,359 62
April 5,007 2,146 2,799 62
May 36,083 22,110 13,911 62
June 53,435 34,161 19,212 62
July 80,558 54,502 25,969 87
August 130,299 94,220 35,986 93
September 163,706 115,358 48,253 95
October 167,748 119,401 48,252 95
November 171,484 122,350 49,039 95
December 172,879 123,440 49,323 116

1944
January 174,822 124,880 49,826 116
February 177,387 127,252 49,993 142
March 183,618 133,135 50,136 347
April 184,502 133,967 50,168 367
May 186,368 135,796 50,164 408
June 196,948 146,101 50,278 569
July 224,863 173,980 50,276 607
August 243,870 192,868 50,272 730
September 300,382 248,205 51,034 1,143
October 338,055 248,781 51,032 1,242
November 360,455 306,856 51,156 2,443
December 360,281 306,581 51,071 2,629
End of Month Total German Italian Japanese

1945
January 359,687 306,306 50,561 2,820
February 360,996 307,404 50,571 3,021
March 365,954 312,144 50,550 3,260
April 399,518 345,920 50,304 3,294
May 425,871 371,683 50,273 3,915
June 425,806 371,505 50,052 4,249
July 422,130 367,513 49,789 4,828
August 415,919 361,322 49,184 5,413
September 403,311 355,458 42,915 4,938
October 391,145 351,150 35,065 4,930
November 358,419 324,623 29,539 4,257
December 341,016 313,234 25,696 2,086

1946
January 286,611 275,078 11,532 1
February 208,965 208,403 561 1
March 140,606 140,572 33 1
April 84,209 84,177 31 1
May 37,491 37,460 30 1
June 162 141 20 1

Compiled by Glenn A. Sytko


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