Gettysburg Armory
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The Gettysburg Armory is a former military facility listed on the National Register of Historic Places
. The 61x96 ft (44 ft high) facility was constructed as a $43,331 Works Projects Administration project for the local National Guard unit (commanded by Lt Ralph C. Deitrick in 1933).http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wHAmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SAAGAAAAIBAJ&pg=6508,4537025&dq=pfeiffer-estate+gettysburg&hl=en
In 2010, the building was vacated by Battery B, 1/108th Field Artillery and was used for World War II POWs before the McMillan Woods
POW camp
was opened in 1944.
National Register of Historic Places listings in Adams County, Pennsylvania
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Adams County, Pennsylvania.This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States...
. The 61x96 ft (44 ft high) facility was constructed as a $43,331 Works Projects Administration project for the local National Guard unit (commanded by Lt Ralph C. Deitrick in 1933).http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wHAmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SAAGAAAAIBAJ&pg=6508,4537025&dq=pfeiffer-estate+gettysburg&hl=en
In 2010, the building was vacated by Battery B, 1/108th Field Artillery and was used for World War II POWs before the McMillan Woods
McMillan Woods
McMillan Woods was used during the Battle of Gettysburg and for Gettysburg Battlefield camps after the American Civil War, including the WWII POW camp at Gettysburg...
POW camp
World War II Prisoner of War Camp, Gettysburg Battlefield, Pennsylvania
The World War II Prisoner of War camp on the Gettysburg Battlefield operated from June 29, 1945, through April 1946 at the former site of the McMillan Woods CCC camp....
was opened in 1944.