Prisoners of World War II in the USA
During WWII, over 51,000 of the over 425,000 prisoners of war held in the United States were Italian. (ASF WD Monthly Progress Reports, sec. 11, Administration. Copy in Lewis, Prisoner of War Utilization, pp. 90-91). Of these, about 7,000 Italians and 8,000 Germans were sent to Utah (Kent A. Powell, "Splinters of a Nation: German Prisoners of War in Utah").
I've been collecting information on the experiences of these prisoners and the community members who came into contact with them. A non-profit organization called "TRACES of 400,000: Museum, Archive, Culture, Conference and Activities Project" has similar goals concerning all of these WWII Prisoners of War in the US.
I spoke about World War II Italian Prisoners of War in Utahat the second international TRACES conference on May 31, 2003. A copy of that presentation is available through the email link below.
CDs containing the national rosters for Italian Prisoners of War held in the continental US on 31 March 1945 are available through POW CD.
A listing of all German Prisoners of War who died in the US can be found at cefha.org/de/gi/pow/de-pow.html. Email me through the link below for the complete listing (German, Italian, Japanese).
A PowerPoint Presentation on the Prisoners of War in Utah During World War II, complete with over 70 photos is available on CD through Utah POW CD.
I've started compiling a list of Prisoners of World War II in Utah from various sources (no camp rosters have been located locally or in the National Archives).
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