Camp Grant was established in July 1917 to train the 86th “Black Hawk” Infantry Division (National Army). It was comprised of selective service inductees primarily from Illinois & Wisconsin; but also included inductees from several other states.
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Camp Upton was established in 1917 to train the 77th Infantry Division (National Army), which was comprised of selective service inductees predominantly from New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. It had a capacity of over 43,000 soldiers.
Camp Lee was constructed in 1917 to train the 80th Infantry Division (National Army), which was comprised of selective service inductees predominantly from Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Wrightstown, Burlington Co., New Jersey Camp Dix was established 18 July 1917, to serve as a training camp for the 78th Division (National Army). It had a capacity of nearly 43,000 soldiers, and became one of the largest camps in the Northeast. In May 1918, Camp Dix was designated as an embarkation camp. After the […]
Camp Devens was established in 1917 to house and train 10,000 soldiers. By the war’s end over 100,000 men from the 12th & 76th Divisions had passed through Camp Devens.
The National World War I Museum is a first-class museum that provides an in-depth look at the Great War and the impact it had throughout the world.