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DAN KAPLAN A ceremony to dedicate Camp
Evans as the state's World War II Living Memorial is scheduled for 11
a.m. Saturday. Some say the work done at Camp Evans, 215 acres on
Marconi Road in Wall used for radar research, helped win World War II.
The base closed to Army missions in the mid-1990s. Thirty-seven of the site's acres are being converted into the Infoage Science-History Center, to be run by township resident Fred Carl. That parcel includes the Marconi |
Hotel, a dormitory
for Marconi wireless operators during World War I and a radar
laboratory during World War II. The 90-year-old, 12,000 square-foot building is under renovation and will serve as the centerpiece of the Infoage museum, which will feature science exhibits and displays detailing the history of Camp Evans, Carl said. The Marconi Hotel also will serve as the backdrop to Saturday's ceremony, which is open to the public. Veterans are encouraged to attend, Carl said. "This will give us an opportunity |
to personally
thank them," he said. "And we'll make a pledge to preserve Camp Evans
as a memorial to their sacrifices." Carl said Camp Evans and Fort Monmouth were the state's most important contributors to the World War II victory. "Fort Monmouth was the center of World War II communications, and Camp Evans was its secret radar laboratory," Carl said. Camp Evans was home to engineers, scientists, metal workers, quality testers and writers — all of whom feverishly worked to ensure the Allied See
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After Saturday's dedication, |
visitors are
encouraged to tour portions of the Marconi Hotel and the rest of the
land that will house the Infoage center, Carl said. On display will be dozens of World War II posters and artifacts, in addition to historic |
photographs of
Camp Evans. A team of volunteers is repainting the inside of the hotel and restoring the building to its World War II configuration. For more information, call (732) 280-3000 or visit www.infoage.org on the Web. |
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