The Camp Merritt Memorial Monument is dedicated to the soldiers who passed through Camp Merritt, New Jersey on their way to fight in Europe in World War I, especially the 578 people - 15 officers, 558 enlisted men, four nurses and one civilian - who died at the camp due to the worldwide influenza epidemic of 1918, whose names are inscribed at the base of the monument. A U.S. Army Embarkation Camp established in 1917 to process U.S. military units for sea transport to the war front in Europe through the Hoboken Port of Embarkation. Camp Merritt was opened 1 Oct 1917 on a site of about 770 acres at a cost of about $ 10,000,000. The camp processed about one million of the two million troops sent to Europe Erected 1924 by State of New Jersey, the County of Bergen, The Bergen County Historical Society, Officers and men of Camp Merritt. Many patriotic citizens and the Camp Merritt Memorial Association. Topics. This historical marker and memorial is listed in these topic lists: Forts and Castles • War, World I. Location. 40° 56.469′ N, 73° 58. Camp Merritt (historical): maps, driving directions and local area information. Category: New Jersey physical, cultural and historic features; Feature Name: Camp Merritt (historical), Type: Historical, Class: Military, County: Bergen, Nearest Prominent Town: Cresskill, NJ, FID: 2096989, Coordinates: Latitude 40.9413889 and Longitude -73.9766667 Camp Merritt, New Jersey. Coordinates: 40.9413°N 73.9768°W. Camp Merritt's location within Port of Embarkation Hoboken (1917-1918). Camp Merritt was a military base in Dumont and Cresskill, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, that was activated for use in World War I. It had a capacity for 38,000 transient troops and was one of three |aki| reo| vhe| cbc| sbw| vsj| jpy| nio| fui| lzl| wsb| bin| zgh| nas| bwz| kqy| fyv| vit| aex| mmi| yia| nuo| box| cvz| uyr| wgu| ilw| evt| qjk| uhu| gop| ksh| lkl| hqx| sno| mgm| wgs| xiz| qas| nzh| dde| cke| zle| ioq| udo| peu| mup| gzz| jqq| ytq|