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Camp Shanks Museum
WWII embarkation point that sent 1.5M GIs overseas.
About Camp Shanks Museum
A small museum behind the Orangeburg Library in a recreated barracks building, commemorating Camp Shanks -- the largest US Army point of embarkation during WWII, including the landing forces for D-Day. Volunteer-staffed weekends in season, with displays of uniforms, equipment, photographs, and artifacts from the 1942-46 operation.
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