CAMP
UPTON
Longwood's Journey
Camp Upton was built in 1917
as an induction and training facility for new soldiers who were to
fight in World War I. The camp was named after Major
General Emory Upton, a Union general in the Civil War.
Between World Wars I and II,
the camp was used by members of the Civilian Conservation
Corps. Many of the trees on the site were planted by
these men. The camp was reopened in 1940, on the eve of World War
II, serving its
original purpose as a military training ground.
In 1944, Camp Upton was used
as a hospital to treat wounded veterans of the
war.It also served as a Prisoner of War Camp, when in May of 1945, 500 German
prisoners were sent to Camp Upton.
In 1947, the camp was
replaced by Brookhaven National Laboratory, to conduct
scientific research. The lab remains in operation to this
day with funding from the Department of Energy.
We
are now working on collecting and creating an online
archive of letters, diaries, pictures and stories from members of the 77th
Division. Our hope is to create an online resource of primary material
to aid researchers. The information will be placed by Regiment and
Company with the Regimental histories listed below. If you have any information that you would be
willing to share, please
contact us. pinfranco@aol.com
or vmassian@optonline.net
Camp Upton
in WWI by Thomas Bayles
New York Times News Articles About Camp Upton
The Camp Upton
Story (1917-1921) by Norval Dwyer
Camp Upton
(from a pamphlet published by the Public Affairs Office
of Brookhaven National Laboratory)
The
Lost Battalion Archives
Camp Upton
Described and Photographed
by, Roger Batchelder, 1918
Chronological
History of the 77th Division
77th Division- Record of Events
Map Archives
Trench and Camp - The Camp Upton
Newspaper
The
Victorious 77th- Heroes of the Argonne Forest
by, 1st Lieut. Arthur McKeough
History of the Seventy Seventh
Division
Units belonging to the 77th Division
Infantry
History of the
305th Infantry
by, Frank Tiebout
History
of the 306th Infantry
by, Julius Ochs Adler
History
of the 307th Infantry
by,
W. Kerr Rainsford
History
of the 308 Infantry
L. Wardlaw Miles
Our Sons at War, Co. A. 308th
Infantry
by, Lee McMollum- 1940
Medical
The 308th Medical Detachment
by, William D. Conklin
308th
Ambulance Company-302d Sanitary Train
Machine Gun
Battalions
A
Story of the 305th Machine Gun Battalion
by, Henry W. Smith
The 306th Machine Gun Battalion
This Man's War- by Charles F. Minder
Memories of the 306th Machine Gun Battalion
Company B
by, Talbot Brewer
Artillery
History
of the 304th Field Artillery
by, James M. Howard
History
of the 305th Field Artillery
History of the 306th Field Artillery
The
302nd Engineers
The 302nd Trench Artillery
The
302nd Ammunition Train -
The letters of Laurance Bucknam
Oh! How He Hated To Get Up In The
Morning
Irving Berlin at Camp Upton
The C.C.C. at Camp Upton
Longwood during World War 1
Postcards from Camp Upton
Lost Battalion Website
German
POWs kept at Camp Upton
Videos of the 77th Division during the Meuse -
Argonne Offensive Sept., 26th - Nov.11th, 1918
On September 7, 2008 the 77th Division was retire from active duty. The
following video is of the casing of the colors at the former site of
Camp Upton
Video # 1 -
Members of the Lost
Battalion marching eastward down the Charlevaux Ravine out of the
'Pocket' the morning of Oct. 18, 1918 - The Lost Battalion taking roll
just prior to the official picture being snapped Oct. 8, 1918 - major
Charles Whittlesey, 308th Inf. and Major J.F. McKinney, 307th Inf.
talking after the rescue of the Lost Battalion by McKinney's men -
General Alexander 77th Division - General Lenihan, 77th Division -
French woman and boy pump water for a 77th Division Doughboy
Video # 2
A 77th Division
first aid station set up in a captured German bunker. - officers and men
examine a blasted German dugout. - A patrol passes a dead German soldier
in the Argonne forest. - German prisoners being transported from Chatel
Chehery under 77th Division MP's. - 308th Infantry and 302nd Trench
Mortar personnel advance on a German position in the Argonne.
Video # 3 -
Supply Trains of
the 305th M.G. Battalion, 306th Infantry and 302nd engineers, along with
French artillery passing through Chateau Thierry.
Video # 4 -
The 306th Field
Artillery passing through burning Buzancy - 306th Field Artillery guns
firing from hidden positions near Abri du Crochet - 308th M.G.
Click here for
Homepage
|