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 Montana during World War II included:

•Ballantine, Yellowstone County, MT (branch camp under Rupert, ID)
•Billings, Yellowstone County, MT (branch camp under Rupert, ID)
•Bridger, Carbon County, MT (branch camp under Rupert, ID)
•Chinook, Blaine County, MT (branch camp under Rupert, ID)
•Forsyth, Rosebud County, MT (branch camp under Rupert, ID)
•Glasgow Army Airfield, Valley County, MT (branch camp under Rupert, ID), now Glasgow International Airport
•Glendive, Dawson County, MT (branch camp under Rupert, ID)
•Hardin No. 1, Big Horn County, MT (branch camp under Rupert, ID)
•Hardin No. 2 (Holly Cp.), Big Horn County, MT (branch camp under Rupert, ID)
•Harlem, Blaine County, MT (branch camp under Rupert, ID)
•Laurel, Yellowstone County, MT (branch camp under Rupert, ID)
•Malta, Phillips County, MT (branch camp under Rupert, ID)
•Miles City, Custer County, MT (branch camp under Rupert, ID)
•Missoula (Fort) Hospital, Missoula, Missoula County, MT (branch camp under Rupert, ID)
•Ridgelawn, Richland County, MT (branch camp under Rupert, ID)
•Shaw (Fort), Cascade County, MT (branch camp under Rupert, ID)
•Sidney, Richland County, MT (branch camp under Rupert, ID)
•Stevensville, Ravalli County, MT (branch camp under Rupert, ID)
•Tucker Crossing, Missoula County, MT (branch camp under Rupert, ID)
•Vaughn, Cascade County, MT (branch camp under Rupert, ID)

Enemy alien internment camp:
•Missoula (Fort), Missoula, Missoula County, MT (German, Italian, and Japanese)

For more information about these camps, please see:

www.weltkriegsopfer.de

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