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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 Michigan during World War II included:
*Allegan, Allegan County, MI (branch camp under Custer, MI)
*Au Train, Alger County, MI (branch camp under Sheridan, sometimes Grant, IL)
*Barryton, Mecosta County, MI (branch camp under Custer, MI)
*Benton Harbor, Berrien County, MI (branch camp under Custer, MI)
*Blissfield, Lenawee County, MI (branch camp under Custer, MI)
*Caro, Tuscola County, MI (branch camp under Custer, MI)
*Coloma, Berrien County, MI (branch camp under Custer, MI)
*Croswell, Sanilac County, MI (branch camp under Custer, MI)
*Custer (Fort), Augusta, Kalamazoo County, MI, state land since 1971 (base camp)
*Dundee, Monroe County, MI (branch camp under Custer, MI)
*Evelyn (Camp), near Wetmore, Alger County, MI (branch camp under Sheridan, sometimes Grant, IL)
*Freeland, Saginaw County, MI (branch camp under Custer, MI)
*Fremont, Newaygo County, MI (branch camp under Custer, MI)
*Grant, Newaygo County, MI (branch camp under Custer, MI)
*Grosse Ile Township, Wayne County, MI (branch camp under Custer, MI)
*Hart, Oceana County, MI (branch camp under Custer, MI)
*Mattawan, Van Buren County, MI (branch camp under Custer, MI)
*Mass, Ontonagon County, MI (branch camp under Sheridan, IL)
*Milan (USFR), Monroe and Washtenaw Counties, MI 48160
*Odessa Lakes, Tuscola County, MI (branch camp under Custer, MI)
*Owosso, Shiawassee County, MI (branch camp under Custer, MI)
*Percy Jones General Hospital, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, MI
*Pori, Houghton County, MI (branch camp under Sheridan, IL)
*Raco, Chippewa County, MI (branch camp under Sheridan, IL)
*Romulus Army Air Field, Wayne County, MI (branch camp under Custer, MI)
*Shelby, Oceana County, MI (branch camp under Custer, MI)
*Sidnaw (Camp), Houghton County, MI (branch camp under Sheridan, sometimes Grant, IL)
*Sparta, Kent County, MI (branch camp under Custer, MI)
*Wayne (Fort), Detroit, Wayne County, MI
*Waterloo (Camp), Jackson County, MI (branch camp under Custer, MI)
*Wetmore, Alger County, MI (branch camp under Sheridan, IL)
Cemeteries:
Fort Custer Post Cemetery, Ft. Custer, MI
For more information about these camps, please see:
www.denkmalprojekt.org
Fort Custer Cemetery
www.globalsecurity.org
www.kriegsgefangen.de
www.volksbund.de
www.weltkriegsopfer.de
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