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Farragut
Bonner County Historical
Society.
At the start of
construction in April 1942, twenty-two thousand men worked on the project. Each of
the five camps built was designed to be self-sufficient, housing and training five
thousand troops at one time. They had their own mess hall, dispensaries, basketball
courts, swimming pool, barracks, and rifle ranges. As one camp was being completed
and occupied, construction on the next camp began. By the time of decommissioning on
June 15, 1946, almost three hundred thousand sailors had been trained and passed through
the gates of Farragut to serve their country.
Robert Graves talks about being stationed near
Pend Oreille Lake.
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Photo Archive
Oral History Archive
Documents
Archive Bibliography
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