What camp, started by the United States War Department was used as a military training facility and a detention for American citizens of Japanese descent located in New York?
Camp Upton Camp Upton was an installation of the United States Army during World War I. During World War II it was used to incarcerate American citizens of Japanese descent. It was located in Yaphank on Long Island in Suffolk County, New York. It was located near Camp Mills.
Camp Fannin Camp Fannin was a U.S. Army Infantry Replacement Training Center and prisoner-of-war camp located near Tyler, Texas. It was opened in 1943 and only operated for four years, before closing in 1946. It is credited with training over 200,000 U.S. Soldiers, sometimes as many as 40,000 at one given time.