CPS Camp Number 129

CPS Camp Number 129

Technical Agency: Training School

Summary:

CPS Unit No. 129, a Training School unit at Pennhurst State Training School located in Spring City, Pennsylvania operated by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), opened in February 1944. When AFSC withdrew from the CPS program in March 1946, Selective Service operated the unit until it closed in August 1946. The men served as attendants in the wards.

CPS Unit # 129-01
CPS Camp No. 129
Barton [Baiton?] Alexander, CPS wife-Pennhurst. CPS wife at Pennhurst in dental clinic, operating[?]on patient
Digital image from the American Friends Service Committee: Civilian Public Service Records (DG 002), Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
Date: 1945

Units:

* Map shows general location of units

  • Location: Spring City, Pennsylvania | Opened: January 1944 | Closed: August 1946