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Camp Upton /

Title
Camp Upton / Suzanne Johnson and David Clemens.
Author
Johnson, Suzanne,
Publication
Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2017]

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Additional Authors
Clemens, David,
Description
127 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits; 24 cm.
Summary
Camp Upton was one of 16 cantonments built to train soldiers quickly upon the United States' entry into World War I in 1917. The camp was located on nearly 20,000 acres of scrub pine forest on the eastern end of Long Island, New York. Later, it was a Civilian Conservation Corps camp and was rebuilt for use in World War II. It is now the site of Brookhaven National Laboratory. It was the home of the 77th "Liberty" Division, whose soldiers, many from the New York area, distinguished themselves in battle in the Argonne Forest in France near the end of the war. Its most famous soldier, Irving Berlin, wrote "God Bless America" and Yip Yip Yaphank, a "military mess," while training there.--
Series Statement
Images of America
Uniform Title
Images of America.
Subject
  • 1914-1945
  • Brookhaven National Laboratory > Pictorial works
  • Brookhaven National Laboratory
  • Camp Upton (N.Y.) > History > Pictorial works
  • HISTORY / Military / United States
  • HISTORY / Military / World War I
  • HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
  • Military camps > Long Island > History > Pictorial works
  • Military camps
  • New York (State) > Camp Upton
  • New York (State) > Long Island
  • PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical
  • Regimental histories
  • Soldiers > History > Camp Upton > Pictorial works
  • Soldiers > Training of
  • United States
  • United States. Infantry Division, 77th > History > Pictorial works
  • United States. Infantry Division, 77th
  • World War (1914-1918)
  • World War (1939-1945)
  • World War, 1914-1918 > Long Island > Pictorial works
  • World War, 1914-1918 > Regimental histories > United States > Pictorial works
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Regimental histories > United States > Pictorial works
Genre/Form
  • History.
  • Illustrated works.
  • Pictorial works.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (page 127).
Contents
Out of the wilderness -- This is the Army -- Life at Camp Upton -- Yip! Yip! Yaphank -- Rebuild and reuse.
ISBN
  • 9781467127530
  • 1467127531
LCCN
2017941299
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library