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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 South Carolina during World War II included:
*Aiken, Aiken County, SC (branch camp under Jackson, SC)
*Barnwell, Barnwell County, SC (branch camp under Jackson, SC)
*Bennettsville, Marlboro County, SC (branch camp under Jackson, SC)
*Camden, Kershaw County, SC (branch camp under Jackson, SC)
*Charleston, Charleston County, SC (branch camp under Jackson, SC, sometimes Wheeler, GA)
*Charleston Army Air Base, Charleston County, SC (branch camp under Jackson, SC)
*Charleston Port of Embarkation, Charleston County, SC (branch camp under Jackson, SC)
*Columbia Army Air Base, Richland County, SC (branch camp under Jackson, SC), now Columbia Metropolitan Airport
*Coronaca Army Airfield, Greenwood, Greenwood County, SC (branch camp under Jackson, SC), now Greenwood County Airport
*Croft (Camp Edward), near Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, SC (base camp)
*Florence Army Air Base, Florence, Florence County, SC (branch camp under Jackson, SC), now Florence Regional Airport
*Hampton, Hampton County, SC (branch camp under Jackson, SC)
*Holly Hill, Orangeburg County, SC (branch camp under Jackson, SC)
*Jackson (Fort Andrew), Columbia, Richland County, SC (base camp)
*Myrtle Beach Army Air Base, Horry County, SC (branch camp under Jackson, SC), now Myrtle Beach Air Force Base
*Norway, Orangeburg County, SC (branch camp under Jackson, SC)
*Shaw Field, near Oakland, Sumter County, SC (branch camp under Jackson, SC), now Shaw Air Force Base
*Stark General Hospital, Charleston, Charleston County, SC (branch camp under Jackson, SC)
*Walterboro Army Air Base, Walterboro, Colleton County, SC (branch camp under Jackson, SC)
*Whitmire, Newberry County, SC (branch camp under Jackson, SC)
*Witherbee, Berkeley County, SC (branch camp under Jackson, SC)
*York, York County, SC (branch camp under Jackson, SC)
Cemeteries:
Beaufort National Cemetery in Beaufort, Beaufort County, SC.
For more information about these camps, please see:
National Cemetery Beaufort Cemetery
www.denkmalprojekt.org
www.globalsecurity.org
www.kriegsgefangen.de
www.volksbund.de
www.weltkriegsopfer.de
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