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 Louisiana during World War II included:

Camp Claibourne, Forest Hill, LA 71430 (base camp)
Camp Livingston,Grant Parish, LA, now in Kisatchie National Forest
Camp Plauche, New Orleans, LA
Camp Polk, near Leesville, LA
Camp Ruston, Ruston, LA 71270
New Orleans P/E, New Orleans, LA

POWs were buried at Camp Polk and Alexandria National Cemetery.

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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