A U.S. Army camp located in Taunton, Massachusetts during World War II, the main staging area for the Boston Port of Embarkation,[1] with about a million U.S. and Allied soldiers passing through the camp on their way overseas or returning for demobilization after the war. It was also a prisoner-of-war camp. Immediately after the war, it was considered as a candidate site for the United Nations Headquarters.
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WWII Camp spurred lasting memories for many
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My Father Bill Fournier told me he was a guard at the tower. He was there at the end of the war.
My mother was a hostess at Camp Myles Standish and Camp Edwards. I have many of her stories and letters from the soldiers that passed through these camps. She kept records on everything and was there from 1941-1945. She served as a civilian but received compensation from the army. She graduated from sargeant college which became Boston University.
My grandfather, Vincenzo Marletta from Italy, was there as a war prisoner during WWII. He gave me an English-Italian dictionary he bought there on September 29, 1944 and I still have it.