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A Cigarette Camp was one of a number of temporary U.S. Army "tent cities" situated principally around the French ports of Le Havre〔103rd Infantry Division: (Albums ) "The major ports had camps for embarkation both ways. They were called Cigarette Camps from their names. When the ports opened up that is where they would keep people and then send them to the front. Then when the war ended that is how they sent people out through the Cigarette Camps. Famous Cigarette Camps were in Marseilles and Le Havre."〕 and Marseilles〔Skylighters.org: (Cigarette Camps ) "And there were additional embarkation camps in Southern France, north of Marseilles, and, of course, Camp Tophat near Antwerp, Belgium."〕 following their respective captures in the wake of the Allied D-Day invasion in June, 1944, and Operation Dragoon in July, 1944.〔Sawyer and Mitchell, Victory Ships and Tankers: (HAER Report ). "The ship made crossings in 1946 carrying troops between the European Theater of Operations, especially Le Havre, France, and New York City, New York. From Le Havre, the ship often left from the area known as the 'Cigarette Camps.'”, p. 24〕 Le Havre camps were located in what the Army designated the "Red Horse" staging area and named after popular brands, including Camps Lucky Strike, Old Gold, and Pall Mall.〔Skylighters.org: (The Cigarette Camps: Introduction )〕 Another series of temporary camps set up at the same time in France was named after United States cities, referred to as "City Camps".〔Sklyighters.org: (City Camps )〕 A single Cigarette Camp, Tophat, was located in Antwerp, Belgium. The Cigarette Camps were administered by the 89th Infantry Division, headquartered at Bois-Guillaume, near Rouen.〔89th Infantry Division : (Cigarette Camps )〕 ==Origin of names== The names of cigarettes and cities were chosen for two reasons:
The camps varied widely in size, from around 2,000 in capacity to nearly 60,000 at the largest of the "Big Three", Camps Philip Morris, Old Gold, and Lucky Strike. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cigarette Camp」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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