Camp Kilmer

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military
gptkbp:area 1,500 acres
gptkbp:closed 2009
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:currentUse partially used by Army Reserve
partially used by Edison Job Corps
gptkbp:function staging area for troops
housing for displaced persons
processing center for returning soldiers
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Camp Kilmer
gptkbp:location gptkb:Piscataway,_New_Jersey
gptkb:Edison,_New_Jersey
gptkbp:namedAfter Samuel Kilmer
gptkbp:nearby near New York City
gptkbp:notableEvent processing of Hungarian refugees (1956)
gptkbp:notableUnit Camp Kilmer Reception Center
gptkbp:opened 1942
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:populationPeak over 120,000 troops
gptkbp:usedDuring gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:26th_Infantry_Division_(Yankee_Division)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7