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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 New Mexico during World War II included:
*Alamogordo, Otero County, NM (branch camp under Bliss, TX)
*Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, NM (Branch Camp #5) (branch camp under Roswell, NM)
*Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, NM (Branch Camp #9) (branch camp under Roswell, NM)
*Anthony, Dona Ana County, NM (branch camp under Bliss, TX)
*Artesia, Eddy County, NM (branch camp under Roswell, NM)
*Bayard (Fort), Cochise County, NM (branch camp under Bliss, TX, sometimes Lordsburg, NM), now long-term health facility, National Historic Landmark in 2004. Fort Baynard cemetary became a National Cemetary in 1976
*Bruns General Hospital, Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, NM 87505 (branch camp under Roswell, NM), opened in 1942, later housed St. Micheals College (College of Santa Fe) after the war
*Carlsbad, Eddy County, NM (branch camp under Roswell, NM)
*Clayton, Union County, NM (branch camp under Roswell, NM), now the Northeast New Mexico Detention Center
*Clovis Army Air Field, Curry County, NM (branch camp under Roswell, NM), now Cannon Air Force Base
*Deming, Luna County, NM (branch camp under Bliss, TX, sometimes Lordsburg, NM)
*Hal Bogel, Dexter, Chaves County, NM (branch camp under Roswell, NM)
*Hatch, Dona Ana County, NM (branch camp under Bliss, TX)
*Kirtland Field, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, NM (branch camp under Roswell, NM), now Kirtland Air Force Base
*Las Cruces, Dona Ana County, NM (branch camp under Bliss, TX)
*Lordsburg (Camp), Lordsburg, Hidalgo County, NM 88045 (base camp) (From July 1943 to February 1946)
*Mayhill, Otero County, NM (branch camp under Roswell, NM)
*Melrose, Curry County, NM (branch camp under Roswell, NM)
*Portales, Roosevelt County, NM (branch camp under Roswell, NM)
*Roswell (Camp), Chaves County, NM (base camp)
*Sumner (Fort), De Baca County, NM (branch camp under Roswell, NM)
Enemy aliens were held at:
Camp Lordsburg, Lordsburg, Hidalgo County, NM 88045 (July 1942 to July 1943)
Fort Stanton, Lincoln County, NM (former Civilian Conservation Corps camp)
Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, NM (former Civilian Conservation Corps camp)
Cemeteries:
Camp Lordsburg, NM (transferred to Ft. Bliss, TX in April 1946)
Camp Roswell, NM (transferred to Ft. Bliss, TX in April 1946)
For more information about these camps, please see:
www.globalsecurity.org
www.volksbund.de
www.kriegsgefangen.de
www.denkmalprojekt.org
www.weltkriegsopfer.de
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