Hello Paul,
I believe you're right that the distinction between Fort and Camp is permanent vs
temporary. Also, Forts would have been garrisoned by US soldiers, while POW Camps
would have been built for enemy soldiers. (But then again, the University of Maine
at Orono still uses the "temporary" wooden classroom building constructed during
W.W.II.) There were several Coastal Defense Forts in both Maine and NH. They
guarded the approaches to Portsmouth, Portland and the Kennebec River in ME. They
are all parks nowadays and the gun emplacements and underground structures are
still in place.
Pete Davis
pandr@cybertours.com
paul carrier wrote:
> At 10:24 PM 5/5/01 -0400, you wrote:
> >Hello Paul,
> >
> >I don't know about a "Fort" Stark in Portsmouth, NH, but I do know that there
> >was a Camp Stark that held German POWs, many of whom were Afrika Korps
> >soldiers. The camp was located in northern NH and the prisoners worked in the
> >woods for the paper companies. There was a book published a few years ago
> >about the camp. It was written following a reunion of US and German veterans
> >of the camp. The title was Stark Decency. I'm sorry, but I don't remember the
> >author. I bought it, read it, gave it to my mother, and I believe she gave it
> >to her library. If anyone's interested, I could ask her to look up the
> >particulars; she works there every week. Or maybe it could be found at
> >http://www.bibliofind.com
>
> I've had suspicions that some of the "forts" may have been camps. But then
> Some "camps", like Camp White in southern Oregon was the home to an entire
> division.
> I believe the distinction is that a Fort is intended to be permanent while
> a camp is
> not. Of course the facility I work at has been in existence since at least
> as early as 1902
>
> >Good luck restoring your fire engine Bob. Please post some photos when you're
> >done.
> >
> >Pete Davis
> >pandr@cybertours.com
>
> SSG Paul D. Carrier
> Readiness NCO (63H & 45K)
> Det 2 Co. B 145 SPT BN
> Camp Withycombe, Clackamas OR
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