Camp Gordon Johnston

Camp Gordon Johnston
Big Bend, Florida

Soldiers lined up for lunch at Camp Gordon Johnston
Type Military training base
Site information
Controlled by United States Army
Site history
Built September 1941
In use September 1941 – 1946
Garrison information
Past
commanders		 Brig. General Frank Keating

Camp Gordon Johnston was a World War II United States Army training center located in Carrabelle, Florida, United States. The site's history is featured at the Camp Gordon Johnston Museum.

History

Camp Johnston[1] opened in September 1941 as Camp Carrabelle and was later named after Colonel Gordon Johnston, a well decorated soldier who served in the Spanish–American War in Cuba with the Rough Riders, in the Philippine–American War, and in World War I.[2][3]

The camp at 165,000 acres (670 km2) served as an amphibious training base housing around 10,000 troops at one time and rotating between 24,000 and 30,000 soldiers from 1941 through 1946. The nearby islands of Dog Island and St. George Island were used as landing points for exercises.

Units

Units stationed at Camp Gordon Johnston:

In 1946, many buildings, facilities and the land was sold as war surplus. Officers quarters later became the retirement community of Lanark Village. 165,000 acres (670 km2)

References

  1. ↑ http://www.campgordonjohnston.com/
  2. ↑ "Col. Johnston Dies of Injury at Polo" (PDF, fee required). The New York Times. March 9, 1934. p. 19. Retrieved 2008-04-04.
  3. ↑ U.S. Army: Johnson, Gordon
  4. ↑ Camp Gordon Johnston.com

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