Camp Sharpe
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Not to be confused with the 1912 Camp Sharpe of Delaware, Ohio.
Camp Sharpe was a World War II military installation located on the Gettysburg Battlefield that trained soldiers for psychological operations (e.g., morale operations)[4] in the European Theater of Operations (see Operation Cornflakes & Frontpost newspaper).
Quick Facts Coordinates, Type ...
Camp George M. Sharpe | |
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in United States | |
Coordinates | 39°48′58.723″N 77°14′8.916″W |
Type | Training facility POW Camp |
Site information | |
Owner | Department of Defense (during operations) National Park Service (after closure) |
Operator | United States Army |
Open to the public | Yes |
Site history | |
Built | May 1944 (1944-05) |
Built by | War Manpower Commission[1] |
Fate | Removed and land absorbed into the Gettysburg NMP |
Demolished | 1947 (1947) |
Events | World War II |
Garrison information | |
Past commanders | Capt. Laurence Thomas (1944-45) Capt. James W. Copley (1945-46) |
Occupants | 2nd-5th Mobile Radio Broadcast Cos., Psychological Warfare Division (1944–1945)[2] (several hundred soldiers,[3] |
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