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 Kentucky during World War II included:
Bowman Field, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY (branch camp under Knox)
Breckinridge (Camp John C.), Morganfield, Union County, KY (base camp), now Earl C. Clements Job Corps Center
Campbell (Camp William B.), near Hopkinsville, Christian County, KY (base camp), now Fort Campbell
Danville, Boyle County, KY (branch camp under Knox)
Darnell General Hospital, Danville, Boyle County, KY (branch camp under Knox), later a state hospital, now a prison.
Eminance, Henry County, KY (branch camp under Knox)
Fort Knox, Bullitt, Hardin, and Meade counties, KY (base camp)
Frankfort, Franklin County, KY (branch camp under Knox)
Lexington, Fayette County, KY (branch camp under Knox)
Lexington SD, Fayette County, KY (branch camp under Knox)
Louisville, Jefferson County, KY (branch camp under Knox)
Maysville, Mason County, KY (branch camp under Knox)
Owensboro, Daviess County, KY (branch camp of Breckinridge)
Paris, Bourbon County, KY (branch camp under Knox)
Shelbyville, Shelby County, KY (branch camp under Knox)
Thomas (Fort) Station Hospital, Campbell County, KY
Cemeteries:
Camp Breckinridge, KY (transferred to Ft. Knox after February 1947)
Camp Campbell, KY (p. 4), an active military installation, the cemetery contains POWs who died in KY and TN.
Fort Knox Post Cemetery (Annex for POW), Ft. Knox, KY (The Fort Knox National Cemetery contains POWs who died in KY and WV), active military installation.
There were 3 base camps, 11 branch camps, 2 hospitals, and 3 cemeteries in KY.
More information with 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 https://www.gentracer.org/milpublications.html
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