This list of Prisoner of War Camps, Italian Service Unit Camps, and Prisoner of War Hospitals is based on weekly reports located on NARA microfilm #66-538 (population lists June 1942-June 1946). Additional locations based on newspapers, interviews, and other NARA records (at College Park and Regional Archives).

The POW Camps in Georgia during World War II included:

*Americus, Sumter County, GA (branch camp under Benning, GA)
*Ashburn, Turner County, GA (branch camp under Wheeler, GA)
*Atlanta, Fulton County, GA (branch camp under Benning, GA)
*Atlanta Army Service Forces Depot, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA (branch camp under Benning, GA)
*Atlanta Ordnance Depot, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA (branch camp under Benning, GA)
*Axson, Atkinson County, GA (branch camp under Benning, GA)
*Bainbridge Army Air Field, near Bainbridge, Decatur County, GA (branch camp under Benning, GA)
*Battey General Hospital, Rome, Floyd County, GA (branch camp under Oglethorpe, GA) currently state mental hospital
*Benning (Fort Henry L.), Columbus, Muscogee and Chattahoochee Counties, GA (base camp)
*Benning (Fort) Regional Hospital, Columbus, Muscogee and Chattahoochee Counties, GA
*Blakely, Early County, GA (branch camp under Benning, GA)
*Brunswick, Glynn County, GA (branch camp under Benning, GA)
*Chatham Army Air Field, Savannah, Chatham County, GA (branch camp under Stewart, sometimes Benning, GA), now a portion of the Savannah/Hilton head Internation Airport
*Daniel Field, Augusta, Richmond County, GA
*Dublin, Laurens County, GA (branch camp under Wheeler, GA)
*Fargo, Clinch County, GA (branch camp under Benning, GA)
*Finney (John M. T.) General Hospital, Thomasville, Thomas County, GA (branch camp under Benning, GA)
*Fitzgerald, Ben Hill and Irwin Counties, GA (branch camp under Wheeler, GA)
*Glynco Naval Air Station, Glynn County, GA (branch camp under Stewart, sometimes Benning, GA)
*Gordon (Fort John B.), Augusta, Richmond County, GA (base camp)
*Griffin, Spalding County, GA (branch camp under Wheeler, GA)
*Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, GA (branch camp under Wheeler, GA)
*Hunter Field, Savannah, Chatham County, GA (branch camp under Stewart, GA)
*Jesup, Wayne County, GA (branch camp under Wheeler, GA)
*Lawson General Hospital, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA (near or by the Naval Air Station in Atlanta)
*Layercross, GA (branch camp under Benning, GA)
*Monticello, Jasper County, GA (branch camp under Wheeler, GA)
*Moody Field, Valdosta, Lowndes County, GA (branch camp under Benning, GA)
*Oglethorpe (Fort), Catloosa County, GA (base camp)
*Oliver General Hospital, Richmond County, Augusta, Richland County, GA
*Perry, Houston and Peach Counties, GA (branch camp under Wheeler, GA)
*Reidsville, Tattnall County, GA (branch camp under Stewart, GA)
*Sandersville, Washington County, GA (branch camp under Wheeler, GA)
*Savannah, Chatham County, GA (branch camp under Stewart, GA)
*Spence Field, Moultrie, Colquitt County, GA (branch camp under Benning, GA), later Spence Air Base.
*Statesboro, Bulloch County, GA (branch camp under Stewart, GA)
*Stewart (Camp), near Hinesville, Liberty County, GA (base camp), now Fort Stewart
*Stewart (Camp) Regional Hospital, near Hinesville, Liberty County, GA
*Swainsboro, Emanuel County, GA (branch camp under Stewart, GA)
*Sylvania, Screven County, GA (branch camp under Stewart, GA)
*Thomasville, Thomas County, GA (branch camp under Benning, GA)
*Tifton, Tift County, GA (branch camp under Benning, GA)
*Toccoa, Stephens County, GA (branch camp under Croft, SC)
*Turner Field, Albany, Dougherty County, GA (branch camp under Benning, GA)
*Valdosta, Lowndes County, GA (branch camp under Benning, GA)
*Wadley, Jefferson County, GA (branch camp under Gordon, GA)
*Waycross, Ware County, GA (branch camp under Benning, GA)
*Waynesboro, Burke County, GA (branch camp under Benning, GA)
*Wheeler (Camp), Macon, Bibb County, GA (base camp)

Cemeteries:
Prisoner of War Cemetery, Camp Gordon, GA
Fort Benning Post Cemetery, Ft. Benning, GA

For more information about these camps, please see:

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