United States Naval Training Center, Bainbridge
Erika L. Quesenbery
Gebundenes Buch

United States Naval Training Center, Bainbridge

Versandkostenfrei!
Versandfertig in 1-2 Wochen
23,99 €
inkl. MwSt.
PAYBACK Punkte
12 °P sammeln!
After the federal government purchased the Tome School for Boys in the northeasternmost county of Maryland in 1941, more than 1,200 acres were cleared for the United States Naval Training Center, Bainbridge. Preparing 350,000 sailors for battle in World War II, Bainbridge became a city in itself, with a PX, officer's club, chapel, post office, drill fields, indoor pools, and hospital. Because of the training center, Cecil County's population more than doubled. After 1976, when the center fell into disuse, the buildings were demolished. They live on, though, through the vintage photographs in t...