Camp Upton
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Camp Upton was a installation of the United States Army located in Yaphank on Long Island in Suffolk County, New York.
[edit] History
It was named after Emory Upton, a Union general of the Civil War. and was created in 1917 to house and train soldiers for the United States which had no large standing army at the time of its entry into World War I. Irving Berlin, the composer, and Alvin York, the highest decorated soldier of the American army in World were processed at Camp Upton. The 77th Division was first organized here. During part of war, the 82nd Division was quartered here.
At the end of World War I the camp became inactive and in 1921, the federal government sold the buildings and equipment but kept the land, designating it Upton National Forest.
It was used again by the Army in the mobilization of 1940 which preceded the American entry into World War II and later housed a convalescent and rehabilitation hospital. In 1946 the camp was closed and ownership transferred to the Brookhaven National Laboratory.
[edit] Popular Culture
Irving Berlin wrote a musical, Yip, Yip, Yaphank which included the memorable song, Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning.
