Re: [MV] WW II Military training camps in NH ??

From: paul carrier (paulc@teleport.com)
Date: Thu May 03 2001 - 07:19:19 PDT

At 11:28 PM 5/1/01 -0400, you wrote:

> List
>
> Virtually all model 325 2 X 4, 41 - 45 Chevy fire engines were
> doled out to the training camps that sprang up around the country
> just after he outbreak of WW II..
>
> Now its finally spring and I'm about to start in on the one
> I got from the GSA auction last summer..
>
> This unit served as the town of Dearing NH unit for X amount
> of years before being sent to to NH forestry service. So I have
> to assume that it originated with a training camp in the Mass
> / NH area.. I know of FT Devins and Camp Curtis Guild in Mass,
> But were there any training camps in NH ? I would prefer a NH
> camp.
>
> I have the original hood numbers but any base ID that would be on
> the bumpers is gone due to the surface rust.. I want to bring it
> back as a camp truck from the NE area I just need to know where
> it could have served to start the research on how it would have
> been marked ...
>
> Bob B

I show the following camps or forts..:
Massachusetts
         Fort Devens Army Airfield Ayer
         Fort Devens Ayer
         Fort Heath Boston (subpost of Fort Banks)
         Fort Ruckman Boston (subpost of Fort Banks)
         Boston Quartermaster Depot Boston
         Fort Warren Boston (subpost of Fort Banks)
         Fort Standish Boston (subpost of Fort Banks)
         Boston Army Base Boston
         Fort Strong Boston (subpost of Fort Banks)
         Fort Duvall Boston (subpost of Fort Banks)
         Fort Andrews Boston
         Westover Field Chicopee Falls
         Fort Dawes Deer Island (Boston) (subpost of Fort
Banks)
         Otis Field (Camp Edwards) Falmouth
         Camp Edwards Falmouth
         Lovell General Hospital Fort Devens
         Fort Revere Hull (subpost of Fort Banks)
         Fort Rodman New Bedford
         Springfield Armory Springfield
         Watertown Arsenal Watertown
         Fort Banks Winthrop

New Hampshire
         Grenier Field (Manchester Airport) Manchester
         Camp Langdon New Castle
         Fort Constitution New Castle
         Fort Stark Portsmouth

If you need units at a particular camp let me know.....

SSG Paul D. Carrier
Readiness NCO (63H & 45K)
Det 2 Co. B 145 SPT BN
Camp Withycombe, Clackamas OR

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