CPS Camp Number 124

CPS Camp Number 124

Technical Agency: Training School

Summary:

CPS Unit No. 124, a Training School unit located at Delaware State Colony Training School in Stockley, Delaware and operated by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), opened in December 1943. After AFSC withdrew from the CPS program in spring 1946, Selective Service operated the unit until it closed in September 1946. The men worked as ward attendants.

CPS Camp No. 124
CPS Camp No. 124
Armistice Day Float, 1945.
Digital image from American Friends Service Committee: CPS Records (DG002), Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
CPS Camp No. 124
CPS Camp No. 124
Picnic day, August 1945. Ortlip in foreground.
Digital image from American Friends Service Committee: CPS Records (DG002), Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
CPS Camp No. 124
CPS Camp No. 124
Ortlip at Camp 124.
Digital image from American Friends Service Committee: CPS Records (DG002), Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
CPS Camp No. 124
CPS Camp No. 124
Baseball game, July 4, 1945. Jack Wright, attendant.
Digital image from American Friends Service Committee: CPS Records (DG002), Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania

Units:

* Map shows general location of units

  • Location: Stockley, Delaware | Opened: December 1943 | Closed: September 1946