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 Virginia during World War II included:

*Allen Naval Operating Base (camp), Norfolk (independent city), VA
*Ashby (Camp), Virginia Beach (independent city), VA (branch camp under Story, VA) now City of Virgina Beach Central Library
*Catawba, Roanoke County, VA (branch camp under Pickett, VA)
*Cheatham Annex, Gloucester County, VA (branch camp under Peary, VA)
*Cumberland, Goochland County, VA (branch camp under Pickett, VA)
*Danville (independent city), VA (branch camp under Pickett, VA)
*Ettinger, North Hampton County, VA (branch camp under Somerset, MD)
*Eustis (Fort), Newport News (independent city), VA
*Eustis (Fort), Newport News (independent city), VA (Special Projects Center)
*Eustis Station Hospital (Fort), Fort Eustis, Newport News (independent city), VA 23604
*Fairfax (independent city), VA (branch camp under Front Royal Remount Depot, VA)
*Front Royal Remount Depot, Front Royal, Warren County, VA (base camp)
*Green Bay, Prince Edward County, VA (branch camp under Pickett, VA)
*Hampton Roads of Embarkation, Newport News (independent city), VA
*Hunt (Fort), Fairfax County, VA (restricted listing, interrogation center)
*John Custis (Fort), Kiptopeke, Northampton County, VA, now a state park
*Lee (Camp), South Petersburg (independent city), VA, now Fort Lee, home of the National POW Museum (and many more museums)
*Leesburg, Loudoun County, VA (branch camp under Front Royal Remount Depot, sometimes Pickett, VA)
*Lyndhurst, Augusta County, VA (branch camp under Front Royal Remount Depot, VA)
*McGuire General Hospital, Richmond, Chesterfield County, VA, now called the Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Administration Medical Center
*Monroe Regional Hospital (Fort), Hampton (independent city), VA
*NAGS, Little Creek, Virginia Beach (independent city), VA (branch camp under Story, VA)
*Naval Armed G. S., Elizabeth City County, VA (branch camp under Ashby, VA)
*Patrick Henry (Camp), Newport News (independent city), VA (base camp)
*Peary (Camp), near Williamsburg (independent city), bordered by James City and York Counties, VA (base camp), now a CIA facility
*Pendleton (Camp), near Virginia Beach (independent city), VA
*Pickett (Camp), Blackstone, Nottoway County, VA, now Fort Pickett (base camp)
*Radford (independent city), VA (branch camp under Pickett, VA)
*Richmond Army Air Base, Richmond, Chesterfield County, VA
*Richmond Army Service Forces Depot, Richmond, Chesterfield County, VA
*Salem (independent city), VA (branch camp under Pickett, VA)
*Sandy Level, Henry County, VA (branch camp under Pickett, VA)
*Shelton, Virginia Beach (independent city), VA (branch camp under Pickett, VA)
*Story (Fort), Virginia Beach (independent city), VA (base camp)
*Suffolk (independent city), VA (branch camp under Story, VA)
*Timberville, Rockingham County, VA (branch camp under Front Royal Remount Depot, sometimes Pickett, VA)
*White Hall, Albermarle County, VA (branch camp under Front Royal Remount Depot, sometimes Pickett, VA)
*Winchester, Frederick County, VA (branch camp under Front Royal Remount Depot, VA, sometimes Meade, MD)

Front Royal Remount Depot had a branch camp in MD.

Cemeteries:
Arlington National Cemetery, Ft. Myer, VA
Hampton National Cemetery, Hampton (independent city), VA

For more information about these camps, please see:

www.weltkriegsopfer.de

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