Camp Crowder

Ground breaking for Camp Crowder occurred on August 30, 1941, led by the engineering firm of Burns...
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Author: Jeremy P. Amick
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Language: English
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Camp Crowder by Amick, Jeremy P.

Camp Crowder

$312.03

Camp Crowder

$312.03
Author: Jeremy P. Amick
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Ground breaking for Camp Crowder occurred on August 30, 1941, led by the engineering firm of Burns and McDonnell, of Kansas City, Missouri. During World War II, Camp Crowder became the duty location for contingents of the Women's Army Corps, the home to a Signal Corps Replacement Training Center, and provided basic training to new recruits. While thousands of Signal Corps recruits trained on the nearly 43,000-acre site, a prisoner of war camp was created to house more than 2,000 prisoners, the majority of whom were captured German soldiers. Camp Crowder's legacy has been perpetuated through the decades by the late Mort Walker, creator of the iconic Beetle Bailey comic strip, who received inspiration for his fictional Camp Swampy while stationed at the camp in 1943. Additionally, episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show paid homage to Camp Crowder since the show's creator, Carl Reiner, spent time there in World War II. In later years, much of the camp's original property became home to Crowder College while 4,358 acres has been retained by the Missouri National Guard for use as a training site.

Author: Jeremy P. Amick
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published: 07/15/2019
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.50w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781467102575

About the Author
Amick, Jeremy P.: - Jeremy P. Amick, a former Missouri National Guardsman, is a military historian/public affairs officer with the Silver Star Families of America and has for years strived to preserve Missouri's military legacy. Images were obtained from the author's personal collection, Missouri State Archives, Museum of Missouri Military History, and Burns and McDonnell.

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