This list of Prisoner of War Camps, Italian Service Unit Camps, and Prisoner of War Hospitals is based on weekly reports located on NARA microfilm #66-538 (population lists June 1942-June 1946). Additional locations based on newspapers, interviews, and other NARA records (at College Park and Regional Archives).

The POW Camps in New York during World War II included:

Attica, Wyoming County, NY (branch camp under Niagara)
Boonville, Oneida County, NY (branch camp under Pine Camp)
Brocton, Chatauqua County, NY (branch camp under Niagara)
Buckner (Camp Simon B.), West Point, Orange County, NY (see Popolopen, NY)
Clyde, Wayne County, NY (branch camp under Pine Camp)
Cobbe Hill, Monroe County, NY (branch camp under Niagara)
Drum (Fort Hugh H.), Jefferson County, NY (see Pine Camp, NY)
Dunkirk, Chautauqua County, NY (branch camp under Niagara)
Elmira Army Services Forces Depot, Horseheads, Chemung County, NY (branch camp under Pine Camp)
Elmira H & Pt., Horseheads, Chemung County, NY (base camp)
Fair Haven, Cayuga County, NY (branch camp under Pine Camp)
Fayetteville, Onondaga County, NY (branch camp under Pine Camp)
Geneseo, Livingston County, NY (branch camp under Niagara)
Geneva, Ontario and Seneca Counties, NY (branch camp under Pine Camp)
Green Haven US Disciplinary Barracks, Green Haven, Dutchess County, NY, now Green Haven Correctional Facility (prison)
Halloran (Paul S.) General Hospital, (PWC) Willowbrook, Staten Island, Richmond County, NY (base camp)
Hamilton (Fort Alexander), Brooklyn, Kings County, NY (base camp) (see New York Port of Embarkation, NY)
Hamlin Beach, Monroe County, NY (branch camp under Niagara), now Hamlin Beach State Park
Harrisville, Lewis County, NY (branch camp under Pine Camp)
Jay (Fort John), New York City, Kings County, NY (base camp)
Letchworth Park, Livingston and Wyoming Counties, NY (branch camp under Niagara), now Letchworth State Park
Marion, Wayne County, NY (branch camp under Niagara)
Mason (Charles F.) General Hospital, Brentwood, Suffolk County, NY
Medina, Orleans County, NY (branch camp under Niagara), POWs worked at the Heinz factory
Mitchel Field, Nassau County, NY (base camp)
Naples, Ontario County, NY (branch camp under Niagara)
Newark, Wayne County, NY (branch camp under Niagara)
New York Port of Embarkation, NY (see Hamilton, Shanks, Staten Island Terminal, NY)
Niagara (Fort), Youngstown, Niagara County, NY (base camp)
Oakfield, Genesee County, NY (branch camp under Niagara)
Pine Camp, near Great Bend, Jefferson County, NY (base camp)
Popolopen (Camp), West Point, Orange County, NY, later (see Buckner, NY)
Port Byron, Cayuga County, NY (branch camp under Pine Camp)
Rochester, Monroe County, NY (branch camp under Pine Camp), sometimes Niagara)
Rome, Oneida County, NY (branch camp under Pine Camp)
Sampson Naval Station, Romulus, Seneca County, NY (base camp)
Seneca Ordnance Depot, Romulis, Seneca County, NY
Shanks (Camp), Orangeburg, Rockland County, NY (base camp) (see New York Port of Embarkation, NY)
Slaterville Springs, Tompkins County, NY (branch camp under Pine Camp)
Slocum (Fort), New Rochelle, Westchester County, NY
Sodus Point, Wayne County, NY (branch camp under Niagara)
Stapleton, Richmond County, NY (see New York Port of Embarkation)
Staten Island Terminal, Stapleton, Richmond County, NY (see New York Port of Embarkation, NY)
Upton (Camp), Yaphank, Suffolk County, NY (base camp)
Utica (Camp), Oneida County, NY (branch camp under Pine Camp)
Van Etten, Chemung County, NY (base camp)
Voorheesville, Albany County, NY (branch camp under Pine Camp)
Wadsworth (Fort), Staten Island, Richmond County, NY, ISU Headquarters, now used by the Coast Guard
West Point, Orange County, NY (base camp) (see Popolopen, NY)
Westfield (Camp), Chautauqua County, NY (branch camp under Niagara)

Enemy alien internment camps:
Ellis Island, Richmond County, NY (temporary detention center) (German, Italian, and Japanese)
Upton, Suffolk County, NY (German)

Cemeteries:
Fort Niagara Post Cemetery, Ft. Niagara, NY, now maintained by New York State Parks.
Long Island National Cemetery, Farmingdale, Nassau County, NY
Pine Camp, NY, now Fort Drum, an active military installation.
St. Peter's Cemetery, Glove Road, Staten Island, Richmond County, NY, a Catholic facility.
Woodlawn National cemetery, Emira and Chemung Counties, NY

There were 19 base camps, 28 branch camps, 3 hospitals, 1 ISU, 2 internment locations, and 5 cemeteries in NY. More information in my latest book titled Prisoner of War Camps Across America and is available in Kindle format on Amazon and in Nook format on Barnes and Noble.

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