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).
Wynne, AR link courtesy of Bridget Hart.
The POW Camps in Arkansas during World War II included:
Altheimer, Jefferson County, AR (branch camp under Monticello, AR), sometimes Dermott and Robinson
Army & Navy General Hospital, Hot Springs, Garland County, AR, now Hot Springs National Park
Bassett, Mississippi County, AR (branch camp under Robinson)
Blytheville Army Air Field, Mississippi County, AR (branch camp under Robinson), became Eaker Air Force Base, now Arkansas Aeroplex and Arkansas International Airport.
Chaffee (Camp Adna R.), Ft. Smith, Sebastian County, AR (base camp), called Fort Chaffee since 1956, now Arkansas Army National Guard
Crawfordsville, Crittenden County, AR (branch camp under Robinson)
Dermott (Camp), Dermott, Chicot County, AR (base camp)
Earle, Crittenden County, AR (branch camp under Robinson)
Elaine, Phillips County, AR (branch camp under Robinson)
Grady, Lincoln County, AR (branch camp under Monticello)
Grider Field, Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, AR (branch camp under Dermott), now a public airport
Harrisburg, Poinsett County, AR (branch camp under Robinson)
Helena-West Helena, Phillips County, AR (branch camp under Robinson)
Hot Springs, Hot Spring County, AR (branch camp under Robinson) (former CCC Camp) (see Lake Catherine)
Hughes, St. Francis County, AR (branch camp under Robinson)
Jerome, Drew County, AR (base camp), Japanese internment camp from October of 1942 to June of 1944. Became a German POW camp in October 1944.
Jonesboro, Craighead County, AR (branch camp under Robinson)
Keiser, Mississippi County, AR (branch camp under Robinson)
Knobel, Clay County, AR (branch camp under Robinson)
Lake Catherine, Hot Spring County, AR (See Hot Springs)
Lake Village, Chicot County, AR (branch camp under Dermott)
Luxora, Mississippi County, AR (branch camp under Robinson)
Magnolia, Columbia County, AR (branch camp under Monticello)
Marked Tree, Poinsett County, AR (branch camp under Robinson)
Monticello (Camp), Monticello, Drew County, AR (base camp)
Murfreesboro, Pike County, AR (branch camp under Robinson)
Newport, Jackson County, AR (branch camp under Robinson)
Osceola, Mississippi County, AR (branch camp under Robinson)
Pine Bluff Arsenal, near Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, AR, now used by the US Army Corp of Engineers
Robinson (Camp Joseph T.), North Little Rock, Pulaski County, AR (base camp)
Russellville, Pope County, AR (branch camp under Chaffee)
Simsboro, Crittenden County, AR (branch camp under Robinson)
Springdale, Washington and Benton Counties, AR (branch camp under Chaffee)
St. Charles, Arkansas County, AR (branch camp under Robinson)
Stuttgart, Arkansas County, AR (branch camp under Robinson)
Turrell, Crittenden County, AR (branch camp under Robinson)
Victoria, Mississippi County, AR (branch camp under Robinson)
Walnut Ridge, Lawrence County, AR (branch camp under Robinson)
Wynne, Cross County, AR (branch camp under Robinson)
Enemy alien internment camps:
Chaffee (Camp Adna R.), Ft. Smith, Sebastian County, AR (German)
Jerome Relocation Center, Chicot and Drew County, AR (held Japanese civilians from October of 1942 to June of 1944.)
Rohwer, Desha County, AR (held Japanese civilians from September 1942 to November 1944. Only the cemetery remains.)
Cemeteries:
Camp Monticello, AR (9 German and 3 Italian POW burials transferred to Fort Reno POW Cemetery in OK before February 1947)
Hot Springs Cemetery, AR (23 WWI German burials tranferrered to Chattanooga National Cemetery, TN)
Prisoner of War Cemetery, Camp Chaffee, AR (8 German POW burials transferred to Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in TX after February 1947)
Prisoner of War Camp, Camp Joseph T. Robinson, AR (11 German POW burials transferred to Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in TX after February 1947)
There were 6 base camps, 31 branch camps, 1 hospital, 3 internment locations, and 4 cemeteries in AR. More information and source citations in my book titled Prisoner of War Camps Across America and is available in Kindle format on Amazon and in Nook format on Barnes and Noble. The updated version of the book with source citations is available at https://www.gentracer.org/milpublications.html
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