Fort McCoy housed many prisoners of war and is known to have held the most Japanese POWs during the war.
About 3,000 German, 2,700 Japanese, and 500 Korean prisoners of war were held there.
 There were many other places that these prisoners were housed.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued an executive order titled Order 9066 that brought these prisoners into the different states and away from the coasts.
The first Japanese prisoner of war to enter the camp was captured at Pearl Harbor.

There were five different POW compounds at Fort McCoy.
There were two for the Japanese, another two for the Germans, and one for the Koreans.
 There were two barracks in each compound consisting of 50 bunk bedsThis is where they would sleep, spend time with one another and write home if they wanted.

Japanese POWs were served steamed rice, usually once a day, and they were offered soy sauce with all their meals.
Their utensils were replaced with chopsticks.
Prisoners at Fort McCoy were fed well compared to other camps that were criticized for how they treated Japanese POWs 
Health was important factor to Fort McCoy.
They had an on-site hospital that POWs could use if they were ill and had access to prescription medicines and the camp dentist.

They were allowed to practice religion freely.
Japanese POWs were given a chapel which was converted to a place of worship.
Buddhist preachings were performed daily and in order to perform them prisoners needed incense.
They did not have incense so they asked the YMCA for it and it was granted to them.
Fort McCoy housed many prisoners of war and is known to have held the most Japanese POWs during the war. About 3,000 German, 2,700 Japanese, and 500 Korean prisoners of war were held there.  There were many other places that these prisoners were housed. President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued an executive order titled Order 9066 that brought these prisoners into the different states and away from the coasts. The first Japanese prisoner of war to enter the camp was captured at Pearl Harbor.
There were five different POW compounds at Fort McCoy. There were two for the Japanese, another two for the Germans, and one for the Koreans.  There were two barracks in each compound consisting of 50 bunk bedsThis is where they would sleep, spend time with one another and write home if they wanted. 
Japanese POWs were served steamed rice, usually once a day, and they were offered soy sauce with all their meals. Their utensils were replaced with chopsticks. Prisoners at Fort McCoy were fed well compared to other camps that were criticized for how they treated Japanese POWs 
Health was important factor to Fort McCoy. They had an on-site hospital that POWs could use if they were ill and had access to prescription medicines and the camp dentist.
They were allowed to practice religion freely. Japanese POWs were given a chapel which was converted to a place of worship. Buddhist preachings were performed daily and in order to perform them prisoners needed incense. They did not have incense so they asked the YMCA for it and it was granted to them.
Fort McCoy, Wisconsin