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 Tennessee during World War II included:

Camp Crossville, Crossville, TN 38571 (base camp)
Camp Forrest, Tullahoma, TN (base camp)
Camp Tyson, Routon, TN
Huntsville, TN (branch camp under Camp Forrest, TN)
Lawrenceburg, TN (branch camp under Camp Forrest, TN)
McKeller Field, TN (branch camp under Camp Forrest, TN)
Memphis ASF Depot, Memphis, TN
Pigeon Forge, TN (restricted listing, interrogation center)
Tellico Plains, TN (branch camp under Camp Forrest, TN)
Thayer General Hospital, TN (branch camp under Camp Forrest, TN)

POWs were buried in Chattanooga National Cemetery. There is also a section of German WW I POWs buried here as well.

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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