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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)
•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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