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My
grandmother Maude
Powell ran a
boarding house in
Greenville, PA. She had an
autograph book
signed by those who
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- Marilyn Meyers -
New Hamburg Resident |
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I remember hearing
and
seeing tanks doing
maneuvers over both
sides of Creek Road
just outside of New
Hamburg.
The road was not
built up at that
time , it was level
with the ricers. The
tanks would do
maneuvers from the
Mill Race (channel
going to the mill and right side of
the road towards the
camp up the hill
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Bob Harpst - New
Hamburg Resident |
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I was born December
16, 1941. My father,
Lynn D. Campbell
enlisted in the Army
Air Force sometime in
1942 and was
stationed at Camp
Reynolds.
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He was housed in a
private home in
Greenville in a
house owned by two
sisters, Sarah and
Alice (last name not
known to me) |
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My grandfather, H.
Dale Horner enlisted
in the Army Corps of
Engineers and was
also stationed at Camp
Reynolds for a while. With my
father's
recommendation Sarah
and Alice took him
in as a border.
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While there, my
grandfather was he was
assigned to a group of
German POWs in the carpenter
shop. There he felt a little
uneasy, They would say
something in German and then
glance his way. My grandmother,
while born in this
country spoke
only German until
she entered grade
school and
still spoke German
in the home to her
parents. She taught
grandfather some
German, including
some swear words. So
from time to time
my grandfather would
fit a word or two
into his vocabulary.
Problem solved. |
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My grandmother,
brother, and I were
allowed to see the
POWs. They would
asked her about what
she knew about what
was going on in
Germany. They wanted
to know how the USA
could rebuild so
fast. They were
told the USA was
being bombed badly. |
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When visiting
my grandfather we
stayed across the
street from Sarah
and Alice. During
one visit, everyone
was sitting on Sarah
and Alice's porch
listening to the
radio. Of course as
kids we were having
a fun time making a
lot of noise. All at
once we were told to
be quite. From the
tone of their voices
we knew to be quite.
The radio had just
announced the death
of FDR. A slice of
history was before
us. |
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- Daughter,
Leslie D Campbell |
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I remembers playing in
the ammunition storage
buildings that were
at the Rifle Range after the
camp had closed. The
buildings were about
12 ft. high and maybe
24 ft. wide. |
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-
Bob Suleck, Area
Resident |
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My grandpa was
stationed at Shenango
Personnel Replacement Depot
for a time, including during
the race riot. |
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- Emmy
Rampton Bludorn |
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My friend’s brother-in-law says he was 10 yrs old and he
remembers seeing the
prisoners walking
down
Mercer/Greenville
Road picking up
trash. |
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They lived in the Fredonia area at the time. I’ve
also been told that the
Rhodes Busing Company that
was in our area would come
to the camp and take the men
to Conneaut Lake.
Regards, |
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- Nancy |
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In April 1945 when
my dad was home
on leave they went to get
their blood drawn to
get married. She was
18 at the time. |
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- Daughter |
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Mr. Lineman
(addition) His strap
for his shoeshine
box was a soldier’s
belt. One day a
soldier said that he
needed a strap for
his box to make it
easier to carry. The
soldier gave him his
belt on the spot (he
was dressed in
fatigues) and cut
the buckle off.
Neal’s brother later
nailed the belt on.
Shoeshine boys and
newspaper boys hung
out at the Riverview
Hotel where buses
came n went on the
hour. |
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- Neil Lineman |
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I remember
Troop trains leaving
to embarkation
points had their
blinds down when
they went through
towns and cities. Men
got paid at the end
of the month. They
were paid in cash.
Rode bikes down to
camp as a 4th
grader. |
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I also remember that men got
paid at the end of the
month. |
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- Dave Longetti |
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I
went to Penn High and along
with other boys sold
newspapers (Pittsburgh
Gazette or Press, one was a
morning and one an evening
paper) at the
camp. A man
from Pittsburgh
would pick us up in GV and take
us to
the camp Monday
through Friday. My
area was what I
called the green
barracks. These
were along E Street
and were the last to
be built, earlier
barracks built were
black tar paper with
wood strips. On Sundays
we would go the
mess halls and the
cook would us. |
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-
Jim Banic |
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I lived on River
Road and got to know
some of the soldiers as they
marched past their
farm. My mother
would not let me go
to the dances at the
camp's Service
Clubs. |
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- Local Resident |
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I lived in
Adamsville, outside of
Greenville, as a boy on a
shared farm. I remember German POWS
came from the camp to help
on the farm putting up stalks of
corn. They was guarded by
soldiers. I was bothered by the
fact that the German Pows
would not talk with me,
realizing later that they
could not understand me. |
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- Don Murphy |
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My dad Pvt
Robert
Griffen Lee was stationed at
the camp. He drove a laundry
truck to New Castle, PA
(25 miles from the camp) where he met
my mother.
He also
helped guard POWs |
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- Gary Lee |
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There were guards on
the trestle at
Osgood where the New
York Central
connected with the
Bessemer Railroad |
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- Local Resident |
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My dad's (Dave Love) grandfather
owned land by the
headquarters and
they moved his
grandfathers house
across the road from
the camp and
Colonel Cherrington,
the first Commander
lived there. |
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- Marcia Hillary,
Daughter |
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My dad, Lewis Serafin
was stationed at Camp
Reynolds in late 1942. He
met my mom, Margaret Patron,
at a USO dance on the base.
My mother was from Farrell,
PA. They were married in
1943 in Sharon, PA by Rabbi
Elephante. |
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My uncle worked at
Westinghouse. He worked on
the first electric torpedoes
used in WW2. The testing of
the torpedoes were conducted
in Lake Pymatuning Lake. |
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- Neil Serafin,
Lincoln City, OR. |
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My dad Dan Lesher (born in
1930) lived in Transfer when
Camp Reynolds was built. His
dad Clyde Lesher worked for the
railroad and he helped run the
military trains through the
area during the war. My dad
remembers the troop trains
going through Transfer and
also the troops marching
past his home. |
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- Becky Grundei |
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I remember seeing
the camps' Bayonet Training
Course while playing behind
my Aunt's place. She lived
on the south side of
Edgewood Drive. |
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- Joey Miller / Local
Resident |
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I met my husband Dale
through my Aunt Marie who
was renting a room to
him and a friend. This was
in 1942. Dale was a
carpenter and came to help
build the army camp. I was
marred to Dale for 51 years. |
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- Local Greeville Resident |
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My father
Alford
J. Record was the
Physical Director of Sharon Buhl
Club from 1942 to 1973. As a
Junior in High School I
worked for the USO at the
Buhl Club as a Handyman
during 1943-44. They had
dances
every Saturday in the Buhl Gym.
Girls
couldn’t leave building. During
the week I would call Bingo Games. Carton of
Cigarettes or a Call
Home would be the prize. I
also showed
Movies (Commercial) in Music
Room. I also remember
playing ping pong with Irish
soldier Irish
guy who I learned later that
he was killed in Europe. My
parents rented a room to
a soldier's (Waston from
Utah) wife.Soldiers bowled
there with
Duck
Pins. The second floor at
the Buhl Club had a little kitchen
and different women groups would
make sandwiches for the
soldiers. Ivor J
Lee (company) did a large
part of plumbing when the
camp was built. |
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- Robert Record - Sharon
Native |
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