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 Pennsylvania during World War II included:

Camp Reynolds, near Pittsburg, PA
Camp Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle, PA
Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Lebanon County, PA, now a National Guard Training Center called Fort Indiantown Gap since 1975
League Island Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA
Letterkenny Ordinance Depot, Chambersburg, PA
Mechanicsburg Naval Supply Depot, Mechanicsburg , PA
Model Farms, Philadelphia, PA
New Cumberland ASF Depot, New Cumberland, PA
Olmstead Field, Middletown, PA, de-commissioned in 1966, sections are now Harrisburg International Airport and Penn State at Harrisburg
Tobyhanna Military Reservation, PA 74569, now Gouldsboro and Tobyhanna State Park
Valley Forge General Hospital (PWC), PA

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