Camp Myles Standish

Camp Myles Standish

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location=Taunton, Massachusetts
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ownership= Massachusetts
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garrison= Taunton, Massachusetts
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occupants= U.S. Army
battles= World War I, World War II
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Camp Myles Standish was a U.S. Army camp located in Taunton, Massachusetts. It functioned as a prisoner-of-war camp, a welcoming area for about a million U.S. and Allied soldiers; and a candidate site for the U.N. Headquarters, soon after the military camp closed.

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