This list of Prisoner of War Camps, Italian Service Unit Camps, and Prisoner of War Hospitals is still being developed with new locations added as we work through the weekly reports located on NARA microfilm #66-538 (population lists June 1942-June 1946).

The POW Camps in Colorado during World War II included:

*Ault, Weld County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO), now the Armory
*Bob's Creek, Lincoln County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Brighton, Adams and Weld Counties, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Brush, Morgan County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Carson (Camp), near Colorado Springs, El Paso County, CO, now Fort Carson (base camp)
*Deadman Mountain, Boulder County, CO (branch camp under Greeley, CO)
*Delta, Delta County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Eaton, Weld County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Fitzsimmons General Hospital, Denver, Denver County, CO, was US Army General Hospital; built in 1918, renamed in 1920, then renamed Fitzsimmons Army Hospital. Closed June 30, 1996 under the Defence Base Realignment and Closure Act (BRAC) of 1990. Rebuilt in/around 2000.
*Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Fraser, Grand County, CO (branch camp under Greeley, CO)
*Fruita, Mesa County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Galeton, Weld County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Gilcrest, Weld County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Glenwood Springs, Garfield County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Gould (Camp), Jackson County, CO (branch camp under Greeley, CO)
*Grand Junction, Mesa County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Greeley (Camp), Greeley, Weld County, CO (base camp)
*Hale (Camp Irving), Pando, Eagle County, CO (branch camp under Trinidad, CO), dismantled in 1965
*Holly, Prowers County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Johnstown, Larimer and Weld Counties, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Keenesburg, Weld County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Kersey, Weld County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Kremmling, Grand County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Lamar, Prowers County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Las Animas, Bent County, CO (branch camp under Trinidad, CO)
*Logan (Fort John A.), Denver, Denver County, CO
*Longmont, Boulder and Weld Counties, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Loveland, Larimer County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Minturn, Eagle County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, CO (branch camp under Trinidad, CO)
*Montrose, Montrose County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Morgan (Fort), Morgan County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*New Castle, Garfield County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Ovid, Sedgwick County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Palisade, Mesa County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Pando, Eagle County, CO (branch camp under Greeley, CO)
*Pierce, Weld County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Rocky Ford, Otero County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Commerce City, Adams County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Springfield, Baca County, CO (branch camp under Trinidad, CO)
*Sterling, Logan County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO, sometimes Scottsbluff, NE)
*Sugar City, Crowley County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Trinidad (Camp), Trinidad, Las Animas County, CO (base camp)
*Walden, Jackson County, CO (branch camp under Greeley, CO)
*Walsh, Baca County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Weston (Stonewall), Las Animas County, CO (branch camp under Trinidad, CO)
*Wiggins, Morgan County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)

Camp Trinidad had a branch camp in KS.

Camp Greeley had a branch camp in WY.

Camp Carson had a branch camp in NE.

Enemy alien internment camp:
Granada, Prowers County, CO

Cemeteries:
Fort Logan Post Cemetery, Denver, Denver, CO (Now Fort Logan National Cemetery)

For more information about these camps, please see:

www.weltkriegsopfer.de

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