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 Michigan during World War II included:

Allegan, Allegan County, MI (branch camp under Custer)
Alma, Gratiot County, MI (branch camp under Custer)
Au Train, Alger County, MI (branch camp under Sheridan, sometimes Grant, IL)
Barryton, Mecosta County, MI (branch camp under Custer)
Bay City, Bay County, MI (branch camp under Custer)
Benton Harbor, Berrien County, MI (branch camp under Custer)
Blissfield, Lenawee County, MI (branch camp under Custer)
Caro, Tuscola County, MI (branch camp under Custer)
Coloma, Berrien County, MI (branch camp under Custer)
Croswell, Sanilac County, MI (branch camp under Custer)
Custer (Fort George A.), Augusta, Kalamazoo County, MI (base camp), state land since 1971, National Guard Dundee, Monroe County, MI (branch camp under Custer)
Evelyn (Camp), near Wetmore, Alger County, MI (branch camp under Sheridan, sometimes Grant, IL), originally CCC
Fort Wayne, Detroit, Wayne County, MI (base camp)
Freeland, Saginaw County, MI (branch camp under Custer)
Fremont, Newaygo County, MI (branch camp under Custer)
Grant, Newaygo County, MI (branch camp under Custer)
Grosse Ile Township, Wayne County, MI (branch camp under Custer)
Hart, Oceana County, MI (branch camp under Custer)
Lakeview, Montcalm, MI (branch camp under Custer)
Mass, Ontonagon County, MI (branch camp under Sheridan, IL)
Mattawan, Van Buren County, MI (branch camp under Custer)
Milan (USFR), Monroe and Washtenaw Counties, MI (prison)
Mount Pleasant, Isabella County, MI (branch camp under Custer)
Odessa Lakes, Tuscola County, MI (branch camp under Custer)
Owosso, Shiawassee County, MI (branch camp under Custer)
Palmer Woods Ordnance Depot, MI (branch camp under Wayne)
Pori, Houghton County, MI (branch camp under Sheridan, IL)
Raco, Chippewa County, MI (branch camp under Sheridan, IL)
Romulus Army Air Field, Wayne County, MI (branch camp under Custer)
Shelby, Oceana County, MI (branch camp under Custer)
Sidnaw (Camp), Houghton County, MI (branch camp under Sheridan, sometimes Grant, IL)
Sodus Township, Berrien County, MI (branch camp under Custer)
Sparta, Kent County, MI (branch camp under Custer)
Waterloo (Camp), Jackson County, MI (branch camp under Custer)
Wetmore, near Evelyn, Alger County, MI (branch camp under Sheridan, IL)

Cemetery
Fort Custer Post Cemetery, Ft. Custer, MI, now Fort Custer National Cemetery

There were 2 base camps, 33 branch camps, 1 prison, 1 cemetery in MI. 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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