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WW II BASES, CAMPS, AND FORTS (39 K)


Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia

STAGING AREA (8 K)
Camouflaged barracks buildings
in the camp staging area
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STAGING AREA RAILHEAD (8 K)
Railhead feeding camp staging area
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JOE LOUIS BOXING (6 K)
Joseph Louis Barrow puts on a boxing
exhibition at the camp, 10 September 1943
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INFORMATION,
Information booth
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LAST CHANCE NIGHT CLUB (8 K)
Last Chance Night Club
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HQ BUILDING (8 K)
Headquarters building
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DEBARKEES' FIRST MEAL (8 K)
Debarkees' first meal
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ENTRAINING FOR DEBARKATION (6 K)
"Casuals" entraining at the camp
for the Newport News piers
and overseas embarkation
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LEAVING FOR HAMPTON ROADS (6 K)
Casuals pulling out of the camp
staging area for Newport News
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TROOP MANAGEMENT OFFICE (8 K)
Office of Troop Management Officer
on HR-236, the USS West Point,
Captain Max Fisher,
at window with troops about
to sail overseas
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NEW PX (8 K)
New PX in "Area 9";
the largest PX at the camp
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OUTDOOR THEATRE (8 K)
The then new outdoor theatre
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