FORT KILMER (NEW JERSEY) REFUGEE RECEPTION CENTER MANUSCRIPT GUEST BOOK - 1956 - 1957. Quarto sized guest book signed by visitors to the Fort Kilmer headquarters following the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. Signed by Vice-President Richard Nixon; Henry Cabot Lodge; Cardinal Spellman and many others. Final signatures are those of the last 10 refugees to leave the center on May 9, 1957. Camp Kilmer was named for the New Jersey-born poet Joyce Kilmer and was activated in 1942 as a point of embarkation for U.S. troops heading to the European Theater. " Eventually, it became the largest processing center for troops heading overseas and returning from World War II, processing over 2.5 million soldiers. It officially closed in 2009." (Wiki) Condition: Excellent condition.
FORT KILMER (NEW JERSEY) REFUGEE RECEPTION CENTER MANUSCRIPT GUEST BOOK - 1956 - 1957. Quarto sized guest book signed by visitors to the Fort Kilmer headquarters following the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. Signed by Vice-President Richard Nixon; Henry Cabot Lodge; Cardinal Spellman and many others. Final signatures are those of the last 10 refugees to leave the center on May 9, 1957. Camp Kilmer was named for the New Jersey-born poet Joyce Kilmer and was activated in 1942 as a point of embarkation for U.S. troops heading to the European Theater. " Eventually, it became the largest processing center for troops heading overseas and returning from World War II, processing over 2.5 million soldiers. It officially closed in 2009." (Wiki) Condition: Excellent condition.
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