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 Texas during World War II included:

*Alto, Cherokee County, TX (branch camp under Fannin, TX)
*Alvin, Brazoria County, TX (branch camp under Swift, TX)
*Amarillo Army Air Field, Potter County, TX (branch camp under Hereford, TX) now Amarillo Air Force Base
*Anahuac, Chambers County, TX (branch camp under Polk, LA)
*Angleton, Brazoria County, TX (branch camp under Swift, TX)
*Ashburn General Hospital, McKinney, Collin County, TX (branch camp under Howse, TX), became the Veteran's Administration Hospital in May 1946, then later became the McKinley Center for Women. Officially closed August 2, 1965.
*Atlanta, Cass County, TX
*Bannister, San Augustine County, TX (branch camp of Fannin, TX), now Bannister Wildlife Management Area
*Barkeley (Camp), Abilene, Taylor County, TX (branch camp under Bowie, TX)
*Bay City, Matagorda County, TX (branch camp under Swift, TX)
*Big Springs Army Air Field, Howard County, TX (branch camp under Bowie, TX)
*Biggs Field, El Paso, El Paso County, TX (branch camp under Bliss, TX), now Biggs Army Airfield
*Bliss (Fort), El Paso County, TX 79916 (base camp)
*Bowie (Camp), Brown County, TX (base camp, POWs originally buried here were transferred to Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in Fort Sam Houston, TX)
*Brady (Camp), Brady, McCulloch County, TX 76825 (base camp)
*Brooke General Hospital, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX, called Brooke Army Medical Center
*Bryan, Brazos County, TX (branch camp under Hearne, TX)
*Canutillo, El Paso County, TX (branch camp under Bliss, TX)
*Center, Shelby County, TX (branch camp under Fannin, TX, sometimes Huntsville, TX)
*Chance Plantation, Brazos County, TX (branch camp under Hearne, TX)
*Childress Army Air Field, Childress County, TX (branch camp under Hereford, TX)
*China, Jefferson County, TX (branch camp of Huntsville, TX)
*Chireno, Nacogdoches County, TX (branch camp under Fannin, TX)
*Clark (Fort), Brackettville, Kinney County, TX 78832 (branch camp under Huntsville, TX), now Fort Clark Springs
*Cleburne, Johnson County, TX (branch camp under Mexia, TX)
*Corpus Christi Naval Air Station, Corpus Christie, Nueces County, TX
*Corsicana, Navarro County, TX (branch camp under Mexia, TX)
*Crockett (Fort), Galveston, Galveston County, TX (base camp)
*Dalhart, Dallam and Hartley Counties, TX (branch camp under Hereford, TX)
*Dallas, Dallas County, TX (branch camp under Hereford, TX)
*Denison, Grayson County, TX (branch camp under Howse, TX)
*Dumas, Moore County, TX (branch camp under Hereford, TX)
*Eagle Lake, Colorado County, TX (branch camp under Swift, TX)
*El Campo, Wharton County, TX (branch camp under Swift, TX)
*Fabens, El Paso County, TX (branch camp under Bliss, TX)
*Fannin (Camp), Tyler, Smith County, TX (base camp)
*Farm Labor Camp, Forney, Kaufman County, TX (branch camp under Mexia, TX)
*Fort Worth, US Public Health Service Hospital, Tarrant and Denton Counties, Texas
*Fort Worth GI Depot, TX (branch camp under Wolters, TX)
*Galveston Army Air Base, Galveston County, TX (branch camp under Crockett, TX) now Scholes International Airport
*Ganado, Jackson County, TX (branch camp under Swift, TX)
*Garwood, Colorado County, TX (branch camp under Swift, TX)
*Gatesville Internment Camp, Gatesville, Coryell County, TX
*Harmon General Hospital, Longview, Gregg and Harrison Counties, TX (branch camp under Fannin, TX), now the main campus of LeTourneau University
*Hearne (Camp), Hearne, Robertson County, TX 77859 (base camp)
*Hereford (Camp), Hereford, Deaf Smith County, TX 79045 (base camp)
*Hood (Camp), Killeen, Bell County, TX, became Fort Hood in 1950 (POWs originally buried here were transferred to Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in Fort Sam Houston, TX)
*Howze (Camp), near Gainesville, Cooke County, TX (base camp)
*Hulen (Camp), Palacios, Matagorda County, TX (base camp)
*Humble, Harris County, TX
*Huntsville (Camp), Huntsville, Walker County, TX 77341 (base camp) (now a part of Sam Houston State University)
*Kaufman, Kaufman County, TX (branch camp under Mexia, TX)
*Kenedy POW Camp, Kenedy, Karnes County, TX (branch camp under Houston, TX)
*Kirbyville, Jasper County, TX (branch camp under Huntsville, TX)
*Liberty, Liberty County, TX (branch camp under Huntsville, TX)
*Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX (branch camp under Hereford, TX)
*Lufkin #1, Angelina County, TX (branch camp under Fannin, TX, sometimes Huntsville, TX)
*Lufkin #2, Angelina County, TX (branch camp under Fannin, TX, sometimes Huntsville, TX)
*Maxey (Camp), Paris, Lamar County, TX (base camp, POWs originally buried here were transferred to Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in Ft. Sam Houston, TX)
*McCloskey General Hospital, Temple, Bell County, TX (branch camp under Hood, TX), located where Temple College is today
*McLean (Camp), McLean, Gray County, TX 79057 (branch camp under Hereford, TX)
*Mexia (Camp), Mexia, Limestone County, TX (base camp)
*Mont Belvieu, Chambers and Liberty Counties, TX (branch camp under Polk, LA)
*Navasota, Grimes County, TX (branch camp under Huntsville, TX)
*Orange, Orange County, TX (branch camp under Huntsville, TX)
*Patroon, Shelby County, TX (branch camp under Fannin, TX)
*Princeton, Collin County, TX (branch camp under Howse, TX)
*Pyote Army Air Field, Ward County, TX (branch camp under Bliss, TX), now Pyote Air Force Base
*Rosenberg, Fort Bend County, TX (branch camp under Swift, TX)
*Russell (DA) (Fort), near Marfa, Presidio County, TX (base camp)
*Sam Houston (Fort), near San Antonio, Bexar County, TX 78234 (base camp)
*San Augustine, San Augustine County, TX (branch camp under Fannin, TX)
*Swift (Camp), Bastrop County, TX (base camp) (POWs originally buried here were transferred to Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in Ft. Sam Houston, TX)
*Wallace (Camp), Galveston County, TX (branch camp under Crockett, TX)
*Wharton, Wharton County, TX (branch camp under Swift, TX)
*White Rock Lake, Dallas County, TX (branch camp under Mexia, TX)
*William Beaumont General Hospital, Beaumont, Jefferson County, TX
*Wolters (Camp), near Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, TX 76067, now Fort Wolters
*Ysleta, El Paso County, TX (branch camp under Bliss, TX)

Ft. Bliss had branch camps in NM.

Camp Howse had branch camps in OK.

Enemy aliens internment camps:
Crystal City, Zavala County, TX
Fort Sam Houston, near San Antonio, Bexar County, TX 78234
Kenedy Alien Internment Camp, Karnes County, TX (former Civilian Conservation Corps camp)
Seagoville, Dallas County, TX (formerly a federal prison for women)

Cemeteries:
Camp Fannin, TX (5 German burials transferred to Alexandria Nat'l Cem. in LA in February 1946)
Dodd Field, TX (9 Italian burials transferred to Ft. Sam Houston in TX before February 1947)
Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Ft. Bliss, TX
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Ft. Sam Houston, TX
Hereford POW Chapel, Hereford, TX (5 Italian burials transferred to Fort Reno, OK in 1947.)
Prisoner of War Cemetery, Camp Bowie, TX (transferred to Fort Sam Houston Nat'l Cem. in TX)
Prisoner of War Cemetery, Camp Hood, TX (transferred to Fort Sam Houston Nat'l Cem. in TX)
Prisoner of War Cemetery, Camp Maxey, TX (transferred to Fort Sam Houston Nat'l Cem. in TX)
Prisoner of War Cemetery, Camp Swift, TX (transferred to Fort Sam Houston Nat'l Cem. in TX)

The Sam Houston National Cemetery contains POWs who died in TX and OK, AR, and LA. The Fort Bliss National Cemetery contains POWs who died in TX and AZ, and NM.

For more information about these camps, please see:

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