Camp Shenango

Camp Shenango

Camp Shenango was a World War II camp located in Western Pennsylvania which served as a holding point for trained soldiers awaiting deployment. [ [http://www.eubank-web.com/donald/aleutian/Nadel/Camp_Shenango.html Wally Nadel - World War II - The Aleutians ] ] In July 1943 the camp was the site of deliberate fratricide of black soldiers by white soldiers due to an incident where a black soldier attempted to buy beer from an army PX for whites only.Terkel, Studs; "The Good War:" an Oral History of World War II, pp. 152-153, The New Press, New York, 1984.] The attack resulted in one fatality with another six men being injured, all of them black. [ [http://www.carnegielibrary.org/locations/pennsylvania/ww2/ww2f1.html Camp Shenango: One Killed, 6 Hurt in Shenango Row, Pennsylvania Department, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh ] ]

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