Camp Sharpe was a World War II

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on the

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that trained soldiers for

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(e.g., morale operations) in the

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(see

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Frontpost newspaper).
Adjacent to

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(CCC) camp NP-2 in McMillan Woods, Camp Sharpe used camp CCC NP-1 and was located "in a muddy hollow at the bottom of a slanting road". A USO facility for Camp Sharpe soldiers was at the former Hill house on Chambersburg Street in nearby

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. After Camp Sharpe closed in 1944, USO operations were moved c. January 1945 to "the recreation center for the guards" of the Gettysburg POW camp. The former camp was used for migrant workers in the summer of 194

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{{Reflist Closed training facilities of the United States Army Civilian Conservation Corps in Pennsylvania Civilian Conservation Corps camps

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