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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10WN_hasty-additions-in-wartime_Highlands-NJ.html
When World War II began in Europe in 1939, the U.S. Army numbered 175,000 men. By the time of Pearl Harbor in December 1941, the army had swelled to over 1.5 million. To accommodate this influx, temporary wooden "mobilization" building like these …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10WL_barracks-school-headquarters_Highlands-NJ.html
This barracks was built for the enlisted men at the Sandy Hook Proving Ground. After the proving ground moved to Aberdeen, Maryland, in 1919, it became the Fort Hancock School and later Headquarters for the 7th Coast Artillery Regiment. Sandy H…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10WK_proving-ground-foremans-house_Highlands-NJ.html
This was the home for one of the foremen at the Sandy Hook Proving Ground. After the proving ground closed in 1919, it was used for housing noncommissioned officers and their families. Today, this building is a residence for National Park Service …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10WJ_locomotive-engineers-house_Highlands-NJ.html
The senior railroad engineer, who ran Sandy Hook's locomotives, lived here. An extensive military railroad system carried guns and ammunition to the Sandy Hook Proving Ground and later supplied all of Fort Hancock. Today, the building is used as a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10WG_chemical-laboratory_Highlands-NJ.html
Cannon and artillery projectiles were not the only weapons tested at the Sandy Hook Proving Ground. Rifles, machine guns, and new types of gun powder and explosive fuses were tested there. At the chemistry lab, explosive and propellant compounds w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10WF_site-of-master-mechanics-quarters_Highlands-NJ.html
Fort Hancock was home to both military personnel and a civilian population of contractors and specialists. The civilians who lived on post worked, shopped, and went to school alongside their military neighbors. The building that stood here was hom…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10WC_the-world-war-ii-years_Highlands-NJ.html
During World War II, Fort Hancock's population swelled to over 10,000 and dozens of temporary wooden barracks and mess halls were built. More than 3,000 coast artillerymen were stationed here for New York Harbor defense, and thousands of others pa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10W9_fort-hancock-officers-club_Highlands-NJ.html
This stately structure was officers' quarters for the Sandy Hook Proving Ground until it moved to Aberdeen, Maryland, in 1919. It housed Fort Hancock officers until 1936, then it became the Officers' Club and its red brick exterior was painted yel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10W7_bachelor-officers-quarters_Highlands-NJ.html
The BOQ housed unmarried officers. Captains and majors lived on the second floor in their own suites with private baths and sitting rooms. Lieutenants occupied single bedrooms and shared a bathroom on the top floor. The first floor was the origina…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10W4_barracks-row_Highlands-NJ.html
Enlisted men lived on Barracks Row facing the parade ground. The four identical buildings each held a full battery of 80 soldiers. The U-shaped double barracks on the far right, built in 1909, held two batteries. Each barracks had its own mess hal…
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