Camp Ellis

Camp Ellis was a United States World War II Army Service Forces Unit Training Centercite web
url = http://www.elaineandmike.us/CampEllis/CampEllisBrochure/CampEllisSmallBrochure/CampEllisBrochInside_JPG.html
title=Army Service Forces Unit Training Center: Camp Ellis, Illinois
pages=2
accessdate=2007-09-07] and prisoner-of-war camp between the towns of Bernadotte, Ipava, and Table Grove in Fulton County, Illinois.cite web
url=http://www.fultoncountytourism.org/history.htm
title=History
date=2007-08-16
publisher=Fulton County Tourism Council
accessdate=2007-09-07] Construction began on 1942-09-17, and the camp opened on 1943-04-16,, with an official dedication 1943-07-14. German prisoners of war were guarded by the 475th and 476th Military Police Escort Guard Companies.cite web
url = http://www.elaineandmike.us/CampEllis/UnitsAtCampEllis/CampEllisUnits.html
title=Units that Served / Trained at Camp Ellis
date=2007-08-26
accessdate=2007-09-07] Training activities ended in November 1944.

The camp was named after Sergeant Michael D. Ellis, World War I Medal of Honor recipient from East Saint Louis, Illinois.cite web
url = http://www.elaineandmike.us/CampEllis/TheStoryOfCampEllisBook/TheStoryOfCampEllisBookPart01/TheStoryOfCampEllisBookPart01-Pages/Image2.html
title="The Story of Camp Ellis"
pages=4
accessdate=2007-09-07]

References

External links

* [http://475thmpeg.memorieshop.com/ "475th Military Police Escort Guard Company: A Brief History"] by Gene Herbener
* [http://www.elaineandmike.us/CampEllis/CampEllis.html Elaineandmike.us: Camp Ellis]