Camp Merritt

Camp Merritt

Camp Merritt can refer to:

*Camp Merritt, New Jersey, a U.S. military camp in eastern Bergen County, New Jersey, more specifically in modern day Cresskill, NJ, that was activated for use in World War I.
*Camp Merritt, California, a Spanish-American War era American military camp used to hold 18,000 American troops awaiting transportation to the Philippines.


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