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 New York during World War II included:

*Attica, Wyoming County, NY (branch camp under Niagara, NY)
*Boonville, Oneida County, NY (branch camp under Pine Camp, NY)
*Brocton, Chatauqua County, NY (branch camp under Niagara, NY)
*Buckner (Camp), West Point, Orange County, New York, changed name from Popolopen in 1945
*Clyde, Wayne County, NY (branch camp under Pine Camp, NY)
*Cobbe Hill, Monroe County, NY (branch camp under Niagara, NY)
*Drum (Fort), Jefferson County, NY, called Pine Camp until 1951
*Dunkirk, Chautauqua County, NY (branch camp under Niagara, NY)
*Elmira Army Services Forces Depot, Horseheads, Chemung County, NY (branch camp under Pine Camp, NY)
*Elmira H & Pt., Horseheads, Chemung County, NY (branch camp under Pine Camp, NY)
*Fair Haven, Cayuga County, NY (branch camp under Pine Camp, NY)
*Fayetteville, Onondaga County, NY (branch camp under Pine Camp, NY)
*Geneseo, Livingston County, NY (branch camp under Niagara, NY)
*Geneva, Ontario and Seneca Counties, NY (branch camp under Pine Camp, NY)
*Green Haven US Disciplinary Barracks, Green Haven, Dutchess County, NY, now Green Haven Correctional Facility
*Hamilton (Fort), Brooklyn, Kings County, NY (base camp)
*Hamlin Beach, Monroe County, NY (branch camp under Niagara, NY), now Hamlin Beach State Park
*Halloran General Hospital, (PWC), Staten Island, Richmond County, NY (base camp)
*Harrisville, Lewis County, NY (branch camp under Pine Camp, NY)
*Jay (Fort), New York City, Kings County, NY (base camp)
*Jay (Fort) Regional Hospital, New York City, Kings County, NY (base camp)
*Letchworth Park, Livingston and Wyoming Counties, NY (branch camp under Niagara, NY), now Letchwood State Park
*Marion, Wayne County, NY (branch camp under Niagara, NY)
*Mason General Hospital, Brentwood, Suffolk County, NY
*Medina, Orleans County, NY (branch camp under Niagara, NY), POWs worked at the Heinz factory
*Mitchel Field, Nassau County, NY (base camp), now Mitchel Air Force Base
*Naples, Ontario County, NY (branch camp under Niagara, NY)
*Newark, Wayne County, NY (branch camp under Niagara, NY)
*Niagara (Fort), Youngstown, Niagara County, NY (base camp, now Fort Niagara State Park)
*Oakfield, Genesee County, NY (branch camp under Niagara, NY)
*Ontario, Wayne County, NY (branch camp under Pine Camp, NY)
*Pine Camp, near Great Bend, Jefferson County, NY (base camp), called Fort Drum after 1951
*Popolopen (Camp), West Point, Orange County, NY, later (and earlier) changed name to Camp Buckner in 1945
*Port Byron, Cayuga County, NY (branch camp under Pine Camp, NY)
*Rochester, Monroe County, NY (branch camp under Pine Camp, NY)
*Rome, Oneida County, NY (branch camp under Pine Camp, NY)
*Sampson Naval Station, Romulus, Seneca County, NY, now Sampson State Park
*Shanks (Camp), Orangeburg, Rockland County, NY (base camp)
*Shanks (Camp) Station Hospital, Orangeburg, Rockland County, NY
*Slaterville Springs, Tompkins County, NY (branch camp under Pine Camp, NY)
*Sodus Point, Wayne County, NY (branch camp under Niagara, NY)
*Staten Island Terminal, Stapleton, Richmond County, NY
*Upton (Camp), Yaphank, Suffolk County, NY (base camp)
*Van Etten, Chemung County, NY (German POW Camp)
*Voorheesville, Albany County, NY (branch camp under Pine Camp, NY)
*Wadsworth (Fort), Staten Island, Richmond County, NY, ISU Headquarters, now used by the Coast Guard
*West Point, Orange County, NY (base camp)

Enemy alien internment camp:
Ellis Island, Richmond County, NY (temporary detention center)

Cemeteries:
Prisoner of War Cemetery, Pine Camp, NY
Fort Niagara Post Cemetery, Ft. Niagara, NY
Long Island National Cemetery, Farmingdale, Nassau County, NY
St. Peter's Cemetery, Glove Road, Staten Island, Richmond County, NY
Woodlawn National cemetery, Emira and Chemung Counties, NY

For more information about these camps, please see:

Woodland Cemetery

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