Camp Gordon Johnston

Camp Gordon Johnston was a World War II United States Army training center located in Carrabelle, Florida, United States.

The site's history is featured at the Camp Gordon Johnston Museum.

[2][3] The camp at 165,000 acres (670 km2) served as an amphibious training base housing around 10,000 troops at one time and rotating between 24,000 and 30,000 soldiers from 1942 through 1946.

Units stationed at Camp Gordon Johnston: In 1946, many buildings, facilities and the land was sold as war surplus.

In 2001, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers found that specially trained technicians were needed to clear certain areas that had been sold into private hands.

Men of an Engineer Port Construction and Repair Group at ASFTC Camp Gordon Johnston, Florida, build a floating dock from Navy pontoon gear. 9 May 1944.