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:

•Auburn H + R Point, Auburn, King and Pierce County, WA
•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 (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
•Lewis (Fort Meriwether), Pierce and Thurston County, WA (base camp)
•Lewis (Fort) Station Hospital, Pierce County, WA
•Madigan (Patrick S.) General Hospital, Fort Lewis, Pierce County, WA (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)
•Mount Rainier Ordnance Depot, Tacoma, Pierce County, WA
•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 ASF Depot, Seattle, King County, WA
•Seattle Port Of Embarkation, Seattle, King County, WA
•Spanaway (Camp), Pierce County, WA, see Fort Lewis
•Toppenish, Yakima County, WA (branch camp under Lewis, WA)
•Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, WA (branch camp under Lewis, WA)

Enemy alien internment camps:
•Lewis (Fort Meriwether), Pierce and Thurston County, WA (German, Italian, and Japanese)
•McNeil Island Federal Penitentiary, Pierce County, WA (Japanese)
•Seattle INS Detention Facility, King County, WA (temporary detention station) (Italian and Japanese)

Cemeteries:
•Fort Lawton Post Cemetery, Ft. Lawton, King County, WA, now part of Discovery Park in the City of Seattle.
•Fort Lewis Post Cemetery, Ft. Lewis, Pierce. County, WA, active military installation.
•Vancouver Barracks Post Cemetery, Vancouver, Clark County, WA, still federal land.


For more information about these camps, please see:

www.weltkriegsopfer.de

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