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| Spartanburg County Historical Society | The Spartanburg County Historical Society which administers the Spartanburg Regional Museum of History. The museum features Camp Croft and Camp Wadsworth exhibits. |
| US Army Sites |
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| The official web site of the United States Army | |
| A non profit organization dedicated to the creation of a national service museum for the US Army (the Army is the only branch without one!) | |
| Military History, Museum & Quartermaster Unit Links | A list of links related to military history complied by the US Army Military History Institute (MHI). Lots of links to museum web sites. |
| US Army Infantry Homepage |
The official US Army Infantry web site as prepared by the Directorate of Operations and Training |
| The Indiana Military Organization includes information regarding Camp Atterbury. The camp was a W.W.II Infantry Training Center in Southern Indiana (not an IRTC but a great site!). This page contains also contains links to the Atterbury Army Air Field in Columbus and Freeman Army Air Field in Seymour. | |
| Fort Jackson, SC | The official web site of Fort Jackson, formerly Camp Jackson, an active US Army Training Base in South Carolina. |
| Soldier's Recollections |
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| World War II Oral History | Aaron Elson initially created the site to promote his self published book, "Tanks for the Memories" but the it has grown over the years to include many stories and oral history transcripts. A great, great site! |
| George North, Louisiana Selected Man | The son of George North, Sr., a member of the 7th Infantry Training Regiment, 40th Battalion has included some great Croft and W.W.II memorabilia collected by his father. |
| World War II As We Saw It | W.W.II Experiences of Captain and Mrs. John Culler. There is a section related to John's assignment to Croft as part of the training staff, 30th Battalion, Co. D. |
| The Changjin Journal | The Changjin Journal is designed to disseminate and solicit information on the Chosin campaign. Comments and brief essays are invited. Subject matter will be limited to history of the Chosin campaign, as well as past or present interpretation of that history. Compiled by ex-Crofter Colonel George A. Rasula, USA-Retired |
| The Patriot Files |
The Patriot Files is a veteran run non-commercial archive of military history. They are in need of editors to contribute material. |
| Photo Collections |
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| American Views, Jack Delano | The Library of Congress "American Views" site. This link will take you directly to the beginning of the Jack Delano collection photos of the Croft relocation. Many people, especially sharecropper families, were moved in 1940 to make way for the new camp. |
| World War II Photos of Camp Croft by Joseph Pizzimenti | The Spartanburg County Library featured some of Joe Pizzimenti's photos on their web site and in a display located in the Kennedy Room. |
| Guide to U.S. Camps and Forts of World War II | The "Skylighters" (225th
AAA Searchlight Battalion)
Photographic Guide to U.S. Bases, Camps, and Forts of World War II
(including coast artillery sites, debarkation areas, and other military
installations of the era). |
| Other Camp Croft Sites |
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| Croft
State Park: A Guide to its Problems and Past |
Mike Hearn put together this site as a graduate school project on government information. Most, if not all, of the links are to government agencies at some level. |
| Camp Croft Project | A site maintained by Zapata Engineering, one of the contract companies doing cleanup at the former Camp Croft for the US Army Corps of Engineers. To date I have found this site to be down quite a bit so the link may not work. When it does work it is definitely worth visiting. |
| Other Research Sites |
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| If any deceased member(s) of your family served in the military please travel to this web site for information on applying. Future generations of your family will appreciate you making the time to obtain this family heirloom. | |
| The American W.W.II Orphans Network is an organization of sons and daughters of Americans killed and missing in World War II. | |
| Nationwide Gravesite Locator |
Most of the 120 Department of Veterans Affairs' national cemeteries may be searched for burial locations. |
| Old Hickory 30th
Infantry Division - This Web site is dedicated
to the men of the 30th Division, who left their homes and families to
fight for our American Ideals of Freedom. The site was created and is
maintained by the son of a Camp Croft and 30th Division veteran. |
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| World War II Electronic Army Serial Number File | NARA's National Personnel Records Center and Center for Electronic Records collaborated in a project to convert the Army Serial Number microfilm of computer punch cards to electronic form to support the military records reconstruction project. Select "PEOPLE" and then "Title: World War II Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 6/1/2002 - 9/30/2002" |
| Military History - Tennessee Technological
University |
An great collection of
military history links from the Department of History, Tennessee
Technological University |
| Miscellaneous "Stuff" |
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| A comprehensive directory and guide to most everything in South Carolina |