Camp Candoit, also known as Camp Cotuit was a satellite camp of Camp Edwards

Camp Edwards

Camp Edwards is a United States military training installation which is located in western Barnstable County, Massachusetts. It forms the largest part of the Massachusetts Military Reservation, which also includes Otis Air National Guard Base and Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod. It was named after...

. It was located in Cotuit, Massachusetts

Cotuit, Massachusetts

Cotuit is a village on Cape Cod in the City of Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. Located on a peninsula on the south side of Barnstable about midway between Falmouth, Massachusetts and Hyannis, Massachusetts...

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History

Camp Candoit, trained three World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 units that stormed Pacific beaches including those on New Guinea

New Guinea

New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...

. It was home to the 594th Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment, which was a branch of the 4th Engineer Special Brigade. It was paired up with Camp Havedoneit

Camp Havedoneit

Camp Havedonit was a satellite camp of Camp Edwards. It was located in Osterville, Massachusetts.-History:Camp Havedonit, was used by the United States Army Corps of Engineers as a landing area during World War II. It was located on the Crosby Yacht property, famous builders of the Crosby Catboat...

 and Camp Washburn

Camp Washburn

Camp Washburn was a satellite camp of Camp Edwards. It was located on Washburn Island in Falmouth, Massachusetts.-History:Camp Washburn, was used by the Army Amphibious Command as a landing area during World War II. It was home to the 594th Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment, which was a branch of...

, which were located nearby. The beach landings that were performed in the bay stirred up sediment which ruined the quality of the oyster

Oyster

The word oyster is used as a common name for a number of distinct groups of bivalve molluscs which live in marine or brackish habitats. The valves are highly calcified....

beds. In the early 1990s, oil was discovered in the water. After an investigation, it was discovered that the oil was coming from underground tanks dating from World War II. The tanks were subsequently removed.

External links

• http://www.armyamphibs.com/html/cape_cod.htm
• http://www.armyamphibs.com/html/cotuit.htm
• Camp Candoit Photos