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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 Washington during World War II included:
*Barnes General Hospital, Vancouver Barracks, Clark County, WA (branch camp under Lewis, WA), becomes Veterans Administration Hospital
*Baxter (Jedediah H.) General Hospital, Spokane, Spokane County, WA 94025-6197 (branch camp under Lewis, WA), became Spokane Veterans Affairs Medical Center
*Dayton, Columbia County, WA (branch camp under Lewis, WA)
*Lawton (Fort Henry W.), Seattle, King County, WA 98199
*Lewis (Fort Meriwether), Pierce and Thurston County, WA 98433 (base camp)
*Lewis (Fort) Station Hospital, Pierce County, WA 98433
*Madigan (Patrick S.) General Hospital, Fort Lewis, Pierce County, WA 98433 (branch camp under Meade, MD), now Madigan Army Medical Center
*Malott, Okanogan County, WA (branch camp under Lewis, WA)
*McCaw (Walter D.) General Hospital, Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, WA (branch camp under Lewis, WA)
*McNeil Island, Pierce County, WA (1 Japanese)
*Okanogan, Okanogan County, WA (branch camp under Lewis, WA)
*Oroville, Okanogan County, WA (branch camp under Lewis, WA)
*Peshastin, Chelan County, WA (branch camp under Lewis, WA)
*Seattle Port Of Embarkation, Seattle, King County, WA
*Spanaway (Camp), Pierce County, WA, see Fort Lewis
*Squaw Creek, Okanogan County, WA (branch camp under Lewis, WA)
*Toppenish, Yakima County, WA (branch camp under Lewis, WA)
*Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, WA (branch camp under Lewis, WA)
Enemy alien internment camp:
McNeil Island Federal Penitentiary, Pierce County, WA
Seattle, Kings County, WA (temporary detention station)
Cemeteries:
Fort Lawton Post Cemetery, Ft. Lawton, King County, WA
Fort Lewis Post Cemetery, Ft. Lewis, Pierce County, WA
Vancouver Barracks Post Cemetery, Vancouver, Clark County, WA
For more information about these camps, please see:
Barracks Cemetery
www.denkmalprojekt.org
Fort Lawson Cemetery
Fort Lewis Cemetery
www.globalsecurity.org
www.kriegsgefangen.de
www.volksbund.de
www.weltkriegsopfer.de
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