World War I

Camp Dix

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 […]

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World War I

Camp Devens

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.

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