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Camp Smith is a military installation of the New York Army National Guard in Cortlandt Manor, [1] in the Town of Cortlandt, [2] near Peekskill, New York, about 30 miles (48 km) north of New York City, at the northern border of Westchester County, and consists of 1,900 acres (7.7 km 2).
Camp Shanks served as a staging area for troops departing the New York Port of Embarkation for overseas service during World War II.Dubbed “Last Stop USA”, the camp housed about 50,000 troops spread over 2,040 acres (8.3 km 2) and was the largest World War II U.S. Army embarkation camp, processing 1.3 million service personnel. including 75% of those participating in the D-Day invasion.
The 1st Battalion was organized at Bronx, the 2nd Battalion at Yonkers, New York, and the 3rd Battalion at Poughkeepsie, New York. The regiment conducted summer training most years with the 16th and 18th Infantry Regiments at Camp Dix, New Jersey, or Fort Slocum, New York, and some years with the 26th Infantry Regiment at Plattsburg Barracks ...
The command had facilities in New York and New Jersey, roughly covering the extent of today's Port of New York and New Jersey, as well as ports in other cities as sub-ports under its direct command. During World War I , when it was originally known as the Hoboken Port of Embarkation with headquarters in seized Hamburg America Line facilities in ...
Camp Mills was one of three camps under control of the New York Port of Embarkation with a capacity for 40,000 transient troops. [3] The facility was one of several military establishments built during World War I in the Mineola, New York , area that included the Aviation General Supply Depot and Concentration Camp; Hazelhurst Field (later ...
Camp Upton, with a capacity of 18,000 troops, was one of three transient embarkation camps directly under control of the New York Port of Embarkation during World War I. [1] The camp was named after Emory Upton, a Union general of the Civil War. The camp was created in 1917 to house troops as they awaited ships for deployment overseas. [1]
Fort Slocum, New York was a US military post which occupied Davids Island in the western end of Long Island Sound in the city of New Rochelle, New York, from 1867 to 1965.The fort was named for Major General Henry W. Slocum, a Union corps commander in the American Civil War.
While at Camp Whitman, the 369th Infantry learned basic military practices. After their training at Camp Whitman, the 369th was called into active duty in New York. While in New York, the 369th's three battalions were spread throughout New York where they guarded rail lines, construction sites, and other camps.