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 Iowa during World War II included:
Algona (Camp), Algona, Kossuth County, IA (base camp)(has branch camps in IA, MN, ND, NE and SD)
Audobon, Audobon County, IA (branch camp under Clarinda)
Charles City, Floyd County, IA (branch camp under Algona)
Clarinda (Camp), Clarinda, Page County, IA (base camp)(has branch camps in IA and MO)
Clinton, Clinton County, IA (branch camp under Algona)
Eldora, Hardin County, IA (branch camp under Algona)
Muscatine, Muscatine County, IA (branch camp under Algona), POWs worked at the Heinz factory and lived at the fish hatchery
Onawa, Monona County, IA (branch camp under Algona)
Schick General Hospital, Clinton, Clinton County, IA (branch camp under Weingarten, MO)
Shenandoah, Fremont and Page Counties, IA (branch camp under Algona) (see Clarinda)
Storm Lake, Buena Vista County, IA (branch camp under Algona)
Tabor, Fremont and Mills Counties, IA (branch camp under Algona, sometimes Clarinda)
Toledo, Tama County, IA (branch camp under Algona)
Wapello, Louisa County, IA (branch camp under Clarinda)
Waverly, Bremer County, IA (branch camp under Algona)
There were 2 base camps, 12 branch camps, 1 hospital in IA. More information 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 https://www.gentracer.org/milpublications.html
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