I, too, have been interested in the subject of WWII prisoners of war in the US -- mainly because of rumors in my childhood that an Italian POW camp existed nearby, "just over the next hill." I doubt that was true -- it was Washington State, after all. Ralph, I am sorry I cannot help with your search. But I pass the following on to you -- something I found on the web a few years ago -- "After the end of World War II when the German Prisoners of War were being sent back to Europe, one of the young POWs left this typewritten note on his typewriter at Camp Swift in Texas: "Goodby, big country, rich country, after 1,000 days I'm leaving you forever. Goodby you level farm land, you cotton raising state, you proudest soil under the sun: "My Texas." Goodby especially to you, Fortress Swift with your barracks and training grounds; you took it from me, finally, this consciousness of mine to belong to mankind. Goodby busy office at the post, Goodby dear desks and copies and typewriters. Goodby folks, all you clerk-typists and levelly [lovely] stenographers, with silk stockings, powdered faces and rouged lips. I was amazed seeing you sitting leisurely at hard work with "Cokes" at hand. Goodby America: I'm going to England now as a young slave and then to Russia as an old one. Goodby - You swell life." Good luck on your search. Elizabeth -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ralph Scheffler Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 7:14 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [ROOTS-L] Prisoner of War Records of 1946 You said "Looking for a German family member who was a member of the German Africa Corps. held as a POW in America" the rest snipped

The comment <G> about Washington State made me curious - seems Washington was popular for POW camps Italian POW Rosters in USPOWs in the USPOW Death Index in USWWII UT POW CDPOW Photos in USPOW and ISU Camps and Hospitals in USGenealogical Research ISU Units and Installations in USCemeteriesNARA POW ArchivesPublications POW LinksResearcherWWII LinksPOW Research 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 Washington during World War II included: *Auburn H + R Point, Auburn, King and Pierce County, WA (base camp) *Barnes General Hospital, Vancouver Barracks, Clark County, WA *Baxter (Jedediah H.) General Hospital, Spokane, Spokane County, WA *Lawton (Fort Henry W.), Seattle, King County, WA (base camp) *Lewis (Fort Meriwether), Pierce and Thurston County, WA (base camp) (see Spanaway, WA) *Madigan (Patrick S.) General Hospital, Fort Lewis, Pierce County, WA (base camp) *Mount Rainier Ordnance Depot, Tacoma, Pierce County, WA (base camp) *Seattle ASF Depot, Seattle, King County, WA (base camp) *Spanaway (Camp), Pierce County, WA (see Lewis, WA) Enemy alien internment camps: *Lewis (Fort Meriwether), Pierce and Thurston County, WA (German, Italian, and Japanese) *McNeil Island Federal Penitentiary, Pierce County, WA (Japanese) *Seattle INS Detention Facility, King County, WA (temporary detention station) (Italian and Japanese) Cemeteries: *Fort Lawton Post Cemetery, Ft. Lawton, King County, WA, now part of Discovery Park in the City of Seattle. *Fort Lewis Post Cemetery, Ft. Lewis, Pierce. County, WA, active military installation. *Vancouver Barracks Post Cemetery, Vancouver, Clark County, WA, still federal land. For a book about Fort Lawton, check out On American Soil by Jack Manann. There were 9 base camps, 10 branch camps, 3 hospitals, 1 prison, 3 internment locations, and 3 cemeteries in WA. More details in my latest book titled Prisoner of War Camps Across America. It is available in Kindle format on Amazon and in .epub and .mobi formats at the GenTracer Shopping Cart. For more information about these camps, please see: Barracks Cemeterywww.denkmalprojekt.orgFort Lawson CemeteryFort Lewis Cemeterywww.globalsecurity.orgwww.kriegsgefangen.dewww.volksbund.dewww.weltkriegsopfer.de Eliz Not Today and Not without a Fight (Anon) For all that has been, thanks. For all that will be, yes. (Dag Hammarskjold) On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 2:08 PM, Liz Engle <[email protected]> wrote: > I, too, have been interested in the subject of WWII prisoners of war in the > US -- mainly because of rumors in my childhood that an Italian POW camp > existed nearby, "just over the next hill." I doubt that was true -- it was > Washington State, after all. Ralph, I am sorry I cannot help with your > search. But I pass the following on to you -- something I found on the web a > few years ago -- > > "After the end of World War II when the German Prisoners of War were being > sent back to Europe, one of the young POWs left this typewritten note on his > typewriter at Camp Swift in Texas: > > "Goodby, big country, rich country, after 1,000 days I'm leaving you > forever. Goodby you level farm land, you cotton raising state, you proudest > soil under the sun: "My Texas." Goodby especially to you, Fortress Swift > with your barracks and training grounds; you took it from me, finally, this > consciousness of mine to belong to mankind. Goodby busy office at the post, > Goodby dear desks and copies and typewriters. Goodby folks, all you > clerk-typists and levelly [lovely] stenographers, with silk stockings, > powdered faces and rouged lips. I was amazed seeing you sitting leisurely at > hard work with "Cokes" at hand. Goodby America: I'm going to England now as > a young slave and then to Russia as an old one. Goodby - You swell life." > > Good luck on your search. > Elizabeth > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Ralph Scheffler > Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 7:14 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ROOTS-L] Prisoner of War Records of 1946 > > You said "Looking for a German family member who was a member of the German > Africa Corps. held as a POW in America" > the rest snipped > > > ===== > If you would prefer digest mode to mail mode, drop a note to [email protected] and ask for the digest... > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message