Camp Fannin Internment Camp Marker

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Tyler in Smith County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Camp Fannin Internment Camp
World War II P.O.W. Camp

Camp Fannin Internment Camp Marker Photo, Click for full size

By Mike Stroud, September 13, 2012

1. Camp Fannin Internment Camp Marker

Inscription. Camp Fannin was also the site of an internment camp, with the first prisoners of war (POWs) from Germany's Afrika Korps arriving in Oct. 1943. BY early 1944, the military designated the site a POW base camp that administered a number of smaller branch camps in East Texas. As a result of a home front wartime manpower scarcity, upon the request of local representatives, the War Department allowed the use of POW labor in forestry and agriculture in East Texas. During its existence, the camp efficiently processed many thousands of POWs and held more than 1,000 at this location. After repatriating the POWs, the camp closed on May 10, 1946. Texas in WW II Property of the State of Texas

Erected 2008 by Texas in WW II ,Property of the State of Texas. (Marker Number 14566.)

Location. 32° 25.794′ N, 95° 11.746′ W. Marker is in Tyler, Texas, in Smith County. Marker is on U.S. 271 near Hillcrest Road (County Road 3177), on the right when traveling west. Click for map. Located between Farm to Market 3270 and Chapman Road (County Road 334). Marker is in this post office area: Tyler TX 75702, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Camp Fannin (here, next to this marker); Camp Fannin, Texas (approx. 0.9 miles away); Our Land - Our Heritage (approx. one mile away); Elisha Everett Lott (approx. 3.1 miles away); Camp Ford Stockade (approx. 4.8 miles away); Camp Ford (approx. 4.8 miles away); a different marker also named Camp Ford (approx. 4.8 miles away); Cabin of Lt. Col. J.B. Leake (approx. 4.8 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Tyler.

Camp Fannin Internment Camp Marker, (R), shares location with Camp Fannin and Blue Star Highway Photo, Click for full size

By Mike Stroud, September 13, 2012

2. Camp Fannin Internment Camp Marker, (R), shares location with Camp Fannin and Blue Star Highway

Also see . . . Camp Fannin Receives Historical Marker, TylerPaper.com/Tyler Morning Telegraph By Coshsndrs Dillard. From 1943 to 1946, as many as 200,000 soldiers were trained and more than 1,000 German prisoners of war were held there. (Submitted on October 30, 2012, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.)

Camp Fannin Internment Camp Marker, looking southwest along US 271 Photo, Click for full size

By Mike Stroud, September 13, 2012

3. Camp Fannin Internment Camp Marker, looking southwest along US 271

Camp Fannin Internment Camp Marker, as seen looking northest along US 271 Photo, Click for full size

By Mike Stroud, September 13, 2012

4. Camp Fannin Internment Camp Marker, as seen looking northest along US 271

Credits. This page originally submitted on October 28, 2012, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 64 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 30, 2012, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.