- CLINTON PRISONER OF WAR CAMP CLINTON, MISSISSIPPI Netscape 3.0 You are the... person to access this page since 7/96. Thanks From 1942 to 1946 more than 400, 000 German, Italian, and Japanese prisoners of war (PWs) were interned in the United States. Of that number, approximately 20, 000 were held in camps in Mississippi. Located just south of the town of Clinton was one of these PW camps. Camp ...www2.netdoor.com/~allardma/powcamp2.html