Use of Satellite Images to
View Sites of POW Camps and Related Locations
Chart of POW Camps and Related Sites on Formosa (Taiwan):
Notes:
1. This chart was updated with information from Michael Hurst on
02/06/2010. Note that the POW Camps are now listed in the sequence in
which they were opened.
2. You will have to scroll right to see all of the printing on some lines.
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POW Sites |
Island/Area |
Google Earth "Fly To" Entry |
POW Work |
Date Camp Opened |
Date Camp Closed |
Changes in POW Camp Designation & Notes |
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Sites in Formosa (Taiwan): |
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81 |
Heito, Camp #3 |
Formosa (Taiwan) |
22° 39.4383' N 120° 32.9050' E |
POWs cleared rocks & stones from river bed to plant sugar cane - also worked in sugar factory. |
08/12/1942 |
03/15/1945 |
Camp bombed by U.S. Navy in February 1945. |
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82 |
Karenko |
Formosa (Taiwan) |
23° 58.9083' N 121° 36.7083' E |
Camp for senior officers, governors of Asian colonies and aides - mostly engaged in farming and raising goats. |
08/17/1942 |
06/25/1943 |
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83 |
Takao |
Formosa (Taiwan) |
22° 35.5967' N 120° 18.0867' E |
Transit camp near Takao Harbor - POWs did stevedoring work |
09/07/1942 |
02/15/1945 |
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84 |
Taichu, Camp #2 |
Formosa (Taiwan) |
24° 1.1133' N 120° 40.8933' E |
POWs excavated a flood diversion channel in the nearby river. |
09/27/1942 |
07/01/1944 |
Camp flooded in June 1944. POWs moved to Heito & other camps. |
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85 |
Taihoku, Camp #6 |
Formosa (Taiwan) |
25° 5.0667' N 121° 32.5867' E |
POWs worked on a memorial park, man-made lakes, farming and in railway repair shops. |
11/14/1942 |
09/06/1945 |
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86 |
Kinkaseki, Camp #1 |
Formosa (Taiwan) |
25° 6.6433' N 121° 51.5067' E |
POWs worked in a nearby copper mine. |
11/14/1942 |
05/16/1945 |
POWs moved to Kukutsu on 05/16/1945. |
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87 |
Tamazato |
Formosa (Taiwan) |
23° 20.4600' N 121° 18.6867' E |
Temporary camp for senior officers & aides to prepare for Red Cross visit. |
04/02/1943 |
06/24/1943 |
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88 |
Shirakawa, Camp #4 |
Formosa (Taiwan) |
23° 23.8500' N 120° 26.4917' E |
Senior officers camp after Karenko was closed - mostly engaged in farming. Most officers moved to Manchuria in October 1944. Then it was a hospital camp until the end of the war. |
06/06/1943 |
08/26/1945 |
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89 |
Taihoku, Camp #5 |
Formosa (Taiwan) |
24° 59.3417' N 121° 33.4600' E |
Camp for 32 most senior officers, governors & aides - no slave work done. |
06/24/1943 |
12/06/1944 |
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Inrin |
Formosa (Taiwan) |
23° 56.8917' N 120° 36.0950' E |
Initially POWs came from Taichu Camp after it was flooded - little work. |
07/01/1944 |
03/05/1945 |
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91 |
Inrin Temporary Camp |
Formosa (Taiwan) |
23° 56.6583' N 120° 36.1350' E |
Temporary rest camp for POWs from Hellship Hokusen Maru - little work. |
11/09/1944 |
01/15/1945 |
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92 |
Toroku |
Formosa (Taiwan) |
23° 40.4500' N 120° 32.2667' E |
Temporary rest camp for POWs from Hellship Hokusen Maru - later housed other POWs from Taichu and Inrin Camps - little work, but some POWs worked at nearby sugar mill. |
11/09/1944 |
04/11/1945 |
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93 |
Kukutsu Camp |
Formosa (Taiwan) |
24° 54.7217' N 121° 30.3900' E |
Basically an extermination camp - POWs were starved and beaten. |
05/16/1945 |
08/24/1945 |
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Oka Camp |
Formosa (Taiwan) |
25° 8.2250' N 121° 35.2550' E |
Basically an extermination camp prepared to kill all POWs in Taihoku #6. |
06/12/1945 |
08/21/1945 |
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95 |
Churon Holding Camp | Formosa (Taiwan) | 25° 3.6167' N 121° 33.9833' E | Temporary holding camp for POWs from Kinkaseki/Kukutsu awaiting evacuation. | 08/25/1945 | 09/06/1945 | |
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Maruyama Holding Camp | Formosa (Taiwan) | 25° 4.1800' N 121° 31.2833' E | Temporary holding camp for former POWs awaiting evacuation by allied forces. | 08/27/1945 | 09/06/1945 | |
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97 |
Taihoku Prison |
Formosa (Taiwan) |
25° 1.9383' N 121° 31.5250' E |
U.S. aircraft crews imprisoned, interrogated and in some cases, executed. | |||
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98 |
Keelung Harbor (POW ships dock) |
Formosa (Taiwan) |
25° 08.1467' N 121° 44.5417' E |
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99 |
Takao Harbor (Entrance) |
Formosa (Taiwan) |
22° 37.0017' N 120° 15.9333' E |
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100 |
Takao Hospital |
Formosa (Taiwan) |
22° 37.8767' N 120° 16.7667' E |
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101 |
Taiwan Hellships Memorial |
Formosa (Taiwan) |
22° 35.4433' N 120° 16.9483' E |
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102 |
Location of Enoura Maru on 01/09/1945 |
Formosa (Taiwan) |
22° 36.8212' N 120° 16.8232' E |
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102a |
Burial site for Enoura Maru deceased |
Formosa (Taiwan) |
22° 35.5533' N 120° 16.9983' E |
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