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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1942-Present) - A [[World War II]] training camp first established as [[Camp Popolopen]] in 1942 on Popolopen Lake, Orange County, New York. Renamed Camp Buckner after General [[Simon B. Buckner Jr.|Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.]], former commandant of cadets at the [[United States Military Academy]], who was killed in action on 18 Jan 1945 during the battle for Okinawa in [[World War II]]. This camp serves as | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1942-Present) - A [[World War II]] training camp first established as [[Camp Popolopen]] in 1942 on Popolopen Lake, Orange County, New York. Renamed Camp Buckner on 14 Nov 1945 after General [[Simon B. Buckner Jr.|Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.]], former commandant of cadets at the [[United States Military Academy]], who was killed in action on 18 Jan 1945 during the battle for Okinawa in [[World War II]]. This camp serves as a summer training camp for USMA cadets. Active military camp. | ||
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== History of Camp Buckner == | == History of Camp Buckner == | ||
The summer training camp for the [[United States Military Academy]] was originally located at the site of Fort Clinton. This training camp was moved to Lake Popolopen southwest of the main campus and Named [[Camp Popolopen]] on 21 Apr 1942. This is an 80 acre facility bordering the lake. | |||
This camp serves as a summer training camp for USMA cadets. Active military camp providing field training for cadets with military vehicles, arms and tactics. | |||
== Current Status == | == Current Status == | ||
Active field training camp for the USMA at Popolopen Lake, Orange County, New York. | Active field training camp for the USMA at Popolopen Lake, Orange County, New York. | ||
Revision as of 12:51, 22 January 2015
Camp Buckner (1) (1942-Present) - A World War II training camp first established as Camp Popolopen in 1942 on Popolopen Lake, Orange County, New York. Renamed Camp Buckner on 14 Nov 1945 after General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., former commandant of cadets at the United States Military Academy, who was killed in action on 18 Jan 1945 during the battle for Okinawa in World War II. This camp serves as a summer training camp for USMA cadets. Active military camp.
History of Camp Buckner
The summer training camp for the United States Military Academy was originally located at the site of Fort Clinton. This training camp was moved to Lake Popolopen southwest of the main campus and Named Camp Popolopen on 21 Apr 1942. This is an 80 acre facility bordering the lake.
This camp serves as a summer training camp for USMA cadets. Active military camp providing field training for cadets with military vehicles, arms and tactics.
Current Status
Active field training camp for the USMA at Popolopen Lake, Orange County, New York.
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Location: At Popolopen Lake, Orange County, New York. Maps & Images Lat: 41.35274 Long: -74.04895 |
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Sources:
- Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 540.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Database Entry: 945557
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