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| + | A U.S. Army camp located in Taunton, Massachusetts, during World War II. It was the main staging area for the Boston Port of Embarkation, with about a million U.S. and Allied soldiers passing through the camp on their way overseas or returning for demobilization after the war. Some RAAF personnel also spent time there enroute to the UK. | ||
| + | It was also a prisoner-of-war camp. German soldiers who were captured during the war were detained at this camp. Italian soldiers were detained there as well although they were considered 'co-belligerents' because Italy had surrendered by the time the Italian soldiers arrived at Camp Myles Standish. The camp closed in January 1946 following World War II. | ||
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| + | ===RAAF Personnel=== | ||
| + | * [[Maxwell Wellman Marsh]] April - June 1943 | ||
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Brief History
A U.S. Army camp located in Taunton, Massachusetts, during World War II. It was the main staging area for the Boston Port of Embarkation, with about a million U.S. and Allied soldiers passing through the camp on their way overseas or returning for demobilization after the war. Some RAAF personnel also spent time there enroute to the UK.
It was also a prisoner-of-war camp. German soldiers who were captured during the war were detained at this camp. Italian soldiers were detained there as well although they were considered 'co-belligerents' because Italy had surrendered by the time the Italian soldiers arrived at Camp Myles Standish. The camp closed in January 1946 following World War II.
RAAF Personnel
- Maxwell Wellman Marsh April - June 1943
Notes
Information from Wikipedia