has anyone heard of this

[Brent2of5]

Camps around Yuma AZ

In Yuma there was both prison or concentration camps or whatever you want to call them for German POW's and Japanese POW's. The German camp was where the Fairgrounds are now and the Japanese is currently on private land just off of Highway 95 almost to the casino outside of Somerton. This information was told to me by Mom who said she used to go by them both when she was a little girl, she is almost 80.

Yes, I have heard of the Camp north of somerton Az on top of the mesa.
along highway 95.
From Yuma on 95 ontop on mesa (on edge).
My Dad is 79 and still lives in Yuma, He told me about this camp.

I'll see if he remembers the name.

Brent

 

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[pippinwhitepaws]

there were a number of POW camps in arizona during WWII.
the one i used to sneak into as a kid was at 52 street an mc dowell at papago buttes.
still had the towers and wire around the barracks...
big escape from there in 1944 i believe..maybe 43...there were also a number of camps up on navajo country...

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

POW Camps in Arizona