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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 Maine during World War II included:
*Augusta, Kennebec County, ME (branch camp of Houlton, ME)
*Bangor, Penobscot County, ME (branch camp of Houlton, ME)
*Dow Field, Bangor, Penobscot County, ME (branch camp of Houlton, ME)
*Houlton (Camp), Houlton, Aroostook County, ME (base camp)
*Presque Isle, Aroostook County, ME (branch camp of Houlton, ME)
*Princeton, Washington County, ME (branch camp of Houlton, ME, sometimes Devens, MA)
*Seboomook, Somerset and Aroostook Counties, ME (branch camp of Houlton, ME, sometimes Devens, MA)
*Spencer Lake, Somerset County, ME (branch camp of Houlton, ME)
Camp Houlton had a branch camp in NH.
For more information about these camps, please see:
www.globalsecurity.org
www.denkmalprojekt.org
www.kriegsgefangen.de
www.volksbund.de
www.weltkriegsopfer.de
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