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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 Mississippi during World War II included:
*Belzoni, Humphreys County, MS (branch camp under McCain, MS)
*Brookhaven, Lincoln County, MS (branch camp under Clinton, MS)
*Clarksdale, Coahoma County, MS (branch camp under McCain, MS)
*Clinton (Camp), Clinton, Hinds County, MS (base camp)
*Como (Camp), Como, Panola County, MS (base camp)
*Drew, Sunflower County, MS (branch camp under McCain, MS)
*Elkas, Washington County, MS (branch camp under McCain, MS)
*Foster General Hospital, Jackson, Rankin and Hinds Counties, MS
*Greenville, Washington County, MS (branch camp under Clinton, MS)
*Greenville Army Air Base, Washington County, MS (branch camp under Clinton, MS)
*Greenwood, Leflore County, MS (branch camp under McCain, MS)
*Greenwood Army Air Base, Leflore County, MS (branch camp under McCain, MS)
*Gulfport Naval Training Center, Harrison County, MS (branch camp under Shelby, MS)
*Indianola, Sunflower County, MS (branch camp under McCain, MS)
*Lake Washington, Washington County, MS
*Leland, Washington County, MS (branch camp under McCain, MS)
*McCain (Camp Henry P.), Elliott, Grenada and Montgomery Counties, MS (base camp), National Guard
*Merigold, Bolivar County, MS (branch camp under McCain, MS)
*O'Reilly General Hospital, Springfield, Greene County, MS
*Picayune, Pearl River County, MS (branch camp under Shelby, MS)
*Richton, Perry County, MS (branch camp under Shelby, MS)
*Rosedale, Bolivar County, MS (branch camp under McCain, MS)
*Saucier, Harrison County, MS (branch camp under Shelby, MS)
*Shelby (Camp), Hattiesburg, Forrest and Lamar Counties, MS (base camp)
*Van Dorn (Camp), Centreville, Amite and Wilkinson Counties, MS
Camp Shelby had branch camps in AL.
Camp McCain had a branch camp in AL.
For more information about these camps, please see:
www.denkmalprojekt.org
Fort McClellan Cemetery
www.globalsecurity.org
www.kriegsgefangen.de
www.volksbund.de
www.weltkriegsopfer.de
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