Can anyone tell me where Camp Monticello was? I found a newspaper article where someone was training at Camp Monticello for the WAAC. Also, does anyone know where the records for these individuals are kept? Robbie

Robbie; >>>>>Can anyone tell me where Camp Monticello was? I found a newspaper article where someone was training at Camp Monticello for the WAAC. Also, does anyone know where the records for these individuals are kept?<<<< Robbie My thoughts are that the news article was referring to the camp built on what is now the Drew County Fairgrounds on Hwy 35 East to house Italian POW's. The camp was started in the summer of 1942 with ground clearing and about the first of September building's began to go up. It was completed in early 1943 and the Army had no Italian's needing space at that time so a detachment of WAAC's were brought in to train at the camp until it was needed for POW's.It was only used by the WAAC's for a short period of time,maybe two months or so and later occupied by Italian POW's. I think the land was given by the U.S. after the war to Arkansas A&M and some students were housed there after the war. I believe that WAAC was the abbreviation for Women Auxuially Army Corps. They were young women who had entered the ARMY. World War II service records were kept at a warehouse in Kansas City for many years but the had a bad fire and destroyed a lot of the records. I think the rest was moved to another location. I worked on this camp from the time the Corps of Army Engineers took possession of the land until the construction was complete. I was present when the first women arrived. Not many of us around anymore that actually worked on it. Robert