Camp Shenango

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Camp Shenango was a World War II camp located in Pennsylvania which served as a holding point for trained soldiers awaiting deployment.[1] In July 1943 the camp was the site of deliberate fratricide of black soldiers by white soldiers due to an incident where a black soldier attempted to buy beer from an army PX for whites only.[2] The attack resulted in one fatality with another six men being injured, all of them black.[3]

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  1. ^ Wally Nadel - World War II - The Aleutians
  2. ^ Terkel, Studs; "The Good War:" an Oral History of World War II, pp. 152-153, The New Press, New York, 1984.
  3. ^ Camp Shenango: One Killed, 6 Hurt in Shenango Row, Pennsylvania Department, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
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