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Transportation Corps Unit Training Center

Transportation Corps Unit Training Center is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Annville, Lebanon County, dedicated 2008.

Fisher Ave., near Quartermaster Rd., Ft. Indiantown Gap, Annville

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A stevedore training program was established in 1942 at Fort Indiantown Gap. Soldiers were trained to load and unload cargo using three wood and concrete dry land ships. Many recruits were African Americans whose companies were segregated from their parent port battalions during instruction but not in WWII combat locales such as Italy and Normandy Beach on D-Day. Training provided here enabled efficient operations instrumental in Allied victory.

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1903 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1924 · Hummelstown, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1927 · Pennsylvania (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1943 · Hummelstown, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1947 · Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Pennsylvania, 1927, covering the location of Transportation Corps Unit Training Center, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Pennsylvania, 1927, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Transportation Corps Unit Training Center

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