L-2 Hudson No. 307 on Roudhouse Turntable at Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
1946/03
Description:
Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR-280; L-2 Hudson #307 being turned on roundhouse turntable at Hinton, W. Va.'
L-2 Hudson Locomotive No. 300 and H-8 Allegheny Locomotive No. 1612 Side by Side at Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
1946/03
Description:
Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR-277; L-2 Hudson #300 and H-8 Allegheny #1612 side by side at Hinton, W. Va. engine terminal, March 1946, Steam.'
Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'Negative #CSPR-281; K-3 Mikado #1210 at Hinton, W. Va. beside the ash pit dumping ashes. Good view of ash hoist. March, 1946.'
H-8 Allegheny No. 1638 in front of Mallet House at Hinton, W. Va. Engine Terminal.
Date:
1946/03
Description:
Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'Negative #CSPR-282; H-8 Allegheny #1638 in front of the "Mallet House" at Hinton, W. Va. engine terminal. March 1946.'
Steam Cleaning Running Gear of Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Hudson Locomotive No. 300 at Hinton W. Va.
Date:
1946/03
Description:
Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR--285: Workman steam cleansing running gear of C. & O. Hudson (L-2) #300 at Hinton, W. Va. engine terminal.'
Locomotive No. 2716 Under Coal Dock at Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
1946/03
Description:
Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR-283: K-4 Kanawha #2716 under coal dock at Hinton, W. Va. in March, 1946.'
Locomotive No. 2716 Under Coal Dock at Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
1946/03
Description:
Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR-449; K-4 Kanawha #2716 under the coal dock at Hinton, W. Va. in misty early morning, March 1946.'
Staging areas for new troops arriving in the ETO (European Theater of Operations), were known as "Cigarette Camps". Each camp was named after a brand of cigarette for security reasons. Referring to camps without any indication of geographical location help to block information leaks to the enemy. After V-E Day (Victory in Europe) the camps were converted to redeployment centers. An estimated 3 million American troops either entered or left Europe through the Le Havre area camps.
Major Elmer W. Prince of Morgantown, W. Va. at Camp Philip Morris, Le Havre, France
Date:
1946/03
Description:
United States Army Major Elmer Prince stands outside his two man tent in Camp Philip Morris. This "cigarette camp" could hold up to 35,000 men. In 1946, men in all camps were waiting for their number to be called to board a "Victory Ship" home. The port at Le Havre became known as the "Gateway to America".
Tented Billets at Camp Philip Morris, Le Havre, France
Date:
1946/03
Description:
While enduring the long waiting period to go home, most GIs had less than ideal living conditions, as one soldier wrote, "Under the floor of the tents the rats grew to cat size and sounded as through they were wearing boots when they tramped around while the men trying to sleep ..."
Red Cross Club at Camp Philip Morris, Le Havre. France
Date:
1946/03
Description:
The front of the Red Cross Club at Camp Philip Morris. Since camps did not have bathing facilities, the Red Cross shower room was usually the first place visited by soldiers with a 24 hour pass.
WAC and French War Bride Area At Camp Philip Morris, Le Havre, France
Date:
1946/03
Description:
A fence separates the WAC (Women's Army Corps) and French War Brides living areas from the rest of the camp. There were approximately 6,500 French War Brides, many left France with their husbands to live in America.
Located on the north bank of the River Seine, the port city of Le Havre was a world class harbor facility before the war. After the war it was possibly the most severely damaged city in France.
The Allies' determination to liberate Le Havre to open up a necessary supply artery resulted in heavy bombing. Between 130 to 150 air raids were launched against the German held city and the coveted harbor facilities.
Le Havre fell to the Allies on September 12, 1944. Before evacuating, the Germans destroyed all of the port facilities, including 17 kilometers of quaysides. The final war toll in Le Havre was 5,000 people killed, 12,500 buildings destroyed, and 80,000 people left homeless.
