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Fort Missoula Internment Camp. Coordinates: 46°50′34″N 114°03′29″W. Barracks in Fort Missoula internment camp. Fort Missoula Internment Camp was an internment camp operated by the United States Department of Justice during World War II.
Fort Missoula’s ADC was established to hold foreign nationals and resident aliens, to distinguish it from the 10 better known War Relocation Act camps that held 120,000 Japanese Americans. WWII Alien Detention Center Barracks Exhibit. Click the below image for a virtual walk through the exhibit. For full screen click the .
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An Alien Place chronicles the history and experiences of those held at Fort Missoula. An Alien Place chronicles the history and experiences of the 1,200 Italian and 1,000 Japanese nationals held at Fort Missoula by the Department of Justice from 1941-1944. As foreign nationals and not US citizens, these men were arrested and sent to Fort Missoula.
Fort Missoula Internment Camp. Facility Type. Department of Justice Internment Camp. Administrative Agency. U.S. Department of Justice. Location. Missoula, Montana (46.8667 lat, -113.9833 lng) Date Opened. December 18, 1941.
Nov 22, 2015 · A total of 425,000 Axis POWs served their detention on American soil during the war. Besides the internment camps in Missoula, there were also camps in Billings, Forsyth, Glendive, Miles City and Sidney.
Collection Summary During World War II, Fort Missoula in Missoula, Montana, was turned over to the Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service for use as an Alien Detention Center (ADC) to hold foreign nationals and resident aliens. This collection includes correspondence, telegrams, memoranda and maps documenting the creation ...
When the crews began to sabotage their own ships to keep them out of British hands, the men were taken off and sent first to Ellis Island and finally to detention camps in Montana and North Dakota. The Germans went to Fort Lincoln outside of Bismarck, N.D., and the Italians to Fort Missoula. About 1,000 seamen arrived at Fort Missoula in May 1941.
