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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 Hawaii during World War II included:
Kilauea Military Camp, Hawaii, HI (Korean and Okinawan)
Schofield Barracks, Honolulu, HI, an active military installation.
Enemy alien internment camps:
Haiku Internment Camp, Maui, HI (Japanese)
Honouliuli Internment Camp, Oahu, HI (German, Italian, Japanese, and Korean)
Kalaheo Stockade, Kauai, HI (Japanese)
Kilauea Military Camp, Hawaii, HI (Japanese)
Sand Island, Honolulu, Oahu, HI (German, Italian and Japanese)
Cemeteries:
O'ahu Cemetery, Honolulu, HI, a civilian cemetery. (3 German WWII POWs are buried here)
Schofield Barracks Cemetery, Honolulu, HI (4 Italian POWs are buried here), an active military installation.
There were 2 base camps, 5 internment locations, and 2 cemeteries in HI. More information in my latest book titled Prisoner of War Camps Across America and is available in Kindle format on Amazon and in Nook format on Barnes and Noble.
For more information about these camps, please see:
www.denkmalprojekt.org
www.globalsecurity.org
www.kriegsgefangen.de
Nuuanu Valley Cemetery
www.volksbund.de
www.weltkriegsopfer.de (lists the 3 German prisoners buried in Honolulu.)
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