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:
Fort Missoula, Missoula, Missoula County, MT (former Civilian Conservation Corp camp)

For more information about these camps, please see:

www.weltkriegsopfer.de

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