Camp Sharpe

Camp George M. Sharpe
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in United States
Site information
TypeTraining facility
POW Camp
OwnerDepartment of Defense (during operations)
National Park Service (after closure)
Operator United States Army
Open to
the public
Yes
Location
Camp Sharpe
Location of Camp Sharpe in Adams County, PA
Coordinates39°48′58.723″N 77°14′8.916″W / 39.81631194°N 77.23581000°W / 39.81631194; -77.23581000
Site history
BuiltMay 1944 (1944-05)
Built byWar Manpower Commission
FateRemoved and land absorbed into the Gettysburg NMP
Demolished1947 (1947)
EventsWorld War II
Garrison information
Past
commanders
Capt. Laurence Thomas (1944-45)
Capt. James W. Copley (1945-46)
Occupants2nd-5th Mobile Radio Broadcast Cos., Psychological Warfare Division (1944–1945) (several hundred soldiers,

Camp Sharpe was a World War II military installation located on the Gettysburg Battlefield that trained soldiers for psychological operations (e.g., morale operations) in the European Theater of Operations (see Operation Cornflakes & Frontpost newspaper).