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 Virginia during World War II included:

Camp Allen Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, VA
Camp Ashby, Virginia Beach, VA (Branch Camp)
Camp Lee, South Petersburg, VA, now Fort Lee, home of the National POW Museum (and many more museums)
Camp Patrick Henry, Newport News, VA
Camp Peary, near Williamsburg, VA, now a CIA facility
Camp Pickett, Blackstone, VA, now Fort Pickett
Fairfax, VA (branch camp under Front Royal Remount Depot, VA)
Fort John Custis, Kiptapeake, VA
Fort Eustis, VA 23604
Fort Eustis Station Hospital, Fort Eustis, VA
Fort Hunt, VA (restricted listing, interrogation center)
Fort Monroe Regional Hospital, VA
Fort Story, VA 23454
Front Royal Remount Depot, Front Royal, VA 22630 (Base Camp)
Hampton Roads of Embarkation, Newport News, VA
Leesburg, VA (branch camp under Front Royal Remount Depot, VA)
Lyndhurst, VA (branch camp under Front Royal Remount Depot, VA)
McGuire General Hospital, Richmond, VA
Richmond Army Air Base, Richmond, VA
Richmond ASF Depot, Richmond, VA
White Hall, VA (branch camp under Front Royal Remount Depot, VA)
Winchester, VA (branch camp under Front Royal Remount Depot, VA)

POWs were buried at Arlington National Cemetery and Hampton 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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