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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 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), 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), Columbia, Richland County, SC 29207 (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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