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 Florida during World War II included:

Banana River Naval Air Station, Brevard County, FL (branch camp under Blanding)
Bell Haven, Miami-Dade County, FL (branch camp under Blanding)
Belle Glade, Palm Beach County, FL (branch camp under Blanding)
Blanding (Camp Albert H.), Starke, Bradford County, FL (base camp)
Clewiston, Hendry County, FL (branch camp under Blanding)
Dade City, Pasco County, FL (branch camp under Blanding)
Daytona Beach, Naval Air Station, Volusia County, FL (branch camp under Blanding)
Drew (John H.) Field, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL (branch camp under Blanding), now Tampa International Airport
Eglin (Fredrick I.) Field, Fort Walton Beach, Okaloosa County, FL (branch camp under Johnston), now Eglin Air Force Base
Green Cove Springs, Clay County, FL (branch camp under Blanding)
Hastings, St. Johns County, FL (branch camp under Blanding)
Homestead Army Air Base, Miami-Dade County, FL (branch camp under Blanding), now Homestead Joint Air Reserve Base
Jacksonville, Duval County, FL (branch camp under Blanding)
Johnston (Camp Gordon), Carrabelle, Franklin County, FL (base camp), now Florida National Guard Base
Kendall, Miami-Dade County, FL (branch camp under Blanding)
Leesburg, Lake County, FL (branch camp under Blanding)
Mabry (Dale) Field, Tallahasee, Leon County, FL (branch camp under Johnston), now Tallahasee Community College
MacDill (Leslie) Field, Hillsborough County, FL (branch camp under Blanding), now MacDill Air Force Base
Marianna, Jackson County, FL (branch camp under Johnston, sometimes Blanding, also sometimes Benning, GA)
Melbourne, Brevard County, FL (branch camp under Blanding)
Orlando Army Air Base, Orange County, FL (branch camp under Blanding), now Orlando Executive Airport
Page Field, Fort Myers, Lee County, FL (branch camp under Blanding)
Telogia, Liberty County, FL (branch camp under Johnston)
Venice Field, Sarasota County, FL (branch camp under Blanding)
Welch Convalescent Hospital, Daytona Beach, Volusia County, FL (branch camp under Blanding, FL)
White Springs, Hamilton County, FL (branch camp under Blanding)
Whiting Field, Milton, Santa Rosa County, FL (branch camp under Rucker, AL)
Winter Haven, Polk County, FL (branch camp under Blanding)

Enemy alien internment camps:
Miami INS Detention Facility, FL (Italian)

Cemeteries:
Camp Blanding, FL (7 German WWII POW burials transferred to Fort Benning, GA)

There were 2 base camps, 25 branch camps, 1 hospital, 1 internment location, and 1 cemetery in FL. 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 is available at www.gentracer.org/milpublications.html

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