Camp Colt, Pennsylvania
| Camp Colt | |
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| Part of United States Army | |
| Gettysburg Battlefield, Adams County, Pennsylvania |
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House Captain Eisenhower lived in at Camp Colt in 1918
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| Type | Tank Corps recruit training |
| Site information | |
| Controlled by | National Park Service |
| Open to the public |
1 commemorative tablet at Memorial Pine Tree, 1 display with images |
| Site history | |
| In use | 1918–1919 |
| Demolished | 1919, Lewis Wrecking Co |
| Events |
1918 flu pandemic First Transcontinental Motor Convoy (1919) |
| Garrison information | |
| Past commanders |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
 tents on Spangler Farm
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buildings along Emmitsburg Rd
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tank on Gettysburg Battlefield
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Camp Colt was a military installation near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania used for Tank Corps recruit training prior to deployment in World War I. The camp used the Gettysburg Battlefield site of the previous Great Reunion of 1913 and the preceding 1917 World War I recruit training camp for U. S. troops along the Round Top Branch.
Camp Colt was established in 1917, and opened at Gettysburg National Military Park in March, 1918 as the first post to train soldiers to use tanks during World War I. The main section of the camp was in the fields made famous 55 years before, by Pickett’s Charge. The commander of Camp Colt was Captain Dwight D. Eisenhower. Eisenhower would earn the rank of Major, and the Distinguished Service Medal for his efforts at Camp Colt, and he and his wife, Mamie, fell in love with the area. After “they” retired from the military, the Eisenhowers made their home near Gettysburg, west of Seminary Ridge
The Camp Colt Drum Corps participated in the Memorial Day procession from Gettysburg to the National Cemetery,[6] and the Camp Colt "Athletic Carnival"[7] on Memorial Day was held on Nixon Field at Pennsylvania College. An April 26 field day had been held at the camp,[8] and the Camp Colt baseball team played an Independence Day game against the local team, with future Hall of Famer Eddie Plank playing left field for Gettysburg. The camp's YMCA Athletic Director was George LeRoy Alenifer.[9]
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