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Honor Flight Upstate is a non-profit, volunteer-based program affiliated with the national Honor Flight Network and serves our veterans of upstate SC and surrounding areas. We show our honor and support to these heroes by offering a program that flies our World War II veterans to Washington, DC to see the memorial built in their honor. |
| Spartanburg County Historical Association | The Spartanburg County Historical Association 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 |
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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. |
| 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! |
| 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. |
| PFC Benjamin Kaplow | Excellent website with the recollections of PFC Benjamin Kaplow US ARMY, 26th Infantry (Yankee Division) 104th Regiment. Ben was at Croft for basic training and this site has three years worth of letters and other information from his time in service |
| 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 |
| 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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| 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. |
| Troop Train .COM |
A tribute to the W.W.II Troop Train wreck of July
6, 1944 in Campbell County, Tennessee. The train was enroute
to Camp Croft when the wreck occurred, causing 135 casualties and
leaving 36 men dead.
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| Other Research Sites |
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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. |
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Armed Forces Museum & Archives of the Carolinas is a project to build a state of the art interpretive center located in Mint Hill, N.C. dedicated to honoring, teaching and preserving the history of those that served and the families that supported them. |
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The American War Library - A great "how to" page about how to obtain military records from the National Personnel Records center.
Go here to list every family member: http://www.amervets.com/registry.htm Go here to search the database: http://www.amervets.com/library.htm Go here for family member's medal report: http://www.amervets.com/201a |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
| 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" |
| American Military Patches of WWII | This site includes a key for identification of shoulder sleeve insignia of World War Two. If you have a patch and are not sure what unit it represents, you can use this site to help with identification. |
| 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 |