CPS Camp Number 141

CPS Camp Number 141

Technical Agency: Public Health Service

Summary:

CPS Unit No. 141, a Public Health Service unit located at Harrison County Health Department in Gulfport, Mississippi and operated by Mennonite Central Committee, opened in February 1945. The men worked in hookworm control and education, conducted health surveys and testing as well as built, sold and installed privies. At the conclusion of the CPS program, Mennonite Central Committee continued a Voluntary Service unit in the community.

CPS Camp No. 141
CPS Camp No. 141, Gulfport, Mississippi
Civilian Public Service camp 141, Gulfport, Mississippi. Surveying for terraces and ditches.
Box 2, Folder 25. MCC Photographs, Civilian Public Service, 1941-1947. IX-13-2.2. Mennonite Central Committee Photo Archive
CPS Camp No. 141
CPS Camp No. 141, Gulfport, Mississippi
Civilian Public Service camp 141, Gulfport, Mississippi. Digging the privy pit on installation.
Photo 266 Box 2, Folder 25. MCC Photographs, Civilian Public Service, 1941-1947. IX-13-2.2. Mennonite Central Committee Photo Archive
CPS Camp 141
CPS Camp No. 141, Gulfport, Mississippi
Making the contact on the typhus control program.
Photo 14 Box 2, Folder 25. MCC Photographs, Civilian Public Service, 1941-1947. IX-13-2.2. Mennonite Central Committee Photo Archive
CPS Camp No. 141, Gulfport, Mississippi
CPS Camp No. 141, Gulfport, Mississippi
Harry Lantz distributes rat poison for typhus control.
From the private collection of Leo Harder, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 2.5.
Date: 1946

Units:

* Map shows general location of units

  • Location: Gulfport, Mississippi | Opened: February 1945 | Closed: March 1947