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.

The POW Camps in Georgia during World War II included:

Americus, GA (branch camp under Fort Benning, GA)
Atlanta, GA (branch camp under Fort Benning, GA)
Axson, GA (branch camp under Fort Benning, GA)
Bainbridge Army Air Field, GA (branch camp under Fort Benning, GA)
Camp Stewart, near Hinesville, GA, now Fort Stewart
Camp Wheeler, Macon, GA
Daniel Field, Augusta, GA
Fargo, GA (branch camp under Fort Benning, GA)
Fort Benning, GA 31905 (base camp)
Fort Oglethorpe, GA 30742
Moody Field, GA (branch camp under Fort Benning, GA)
Spence Field, GA (branch camp under Fort Benning, GA)
Thomasville, GA (branch camp under Fort Benning, GA)
Turner Field, GA (branch camp under Fort Benning, GA)
Waycross, GA (branch camp under Fort Benning, GA)

POWs were buried at Camp Gordon, and Fort Benning.

For more information about these camps, please see:
www.globalsecurity.org
www.volksbund.de
www.kriegsgefangen.de
www.denkmalprojekt.org
www.weltkriegsopfer.de

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