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Operation Ivory Soap - Grand Hotel, Point Clear, Alabama - bunkbeds in guest rooms instead of hotel furnishings during World War IIDescription
The Grand Hotel guest rooms served as the barracks during Operation Ivory Soap, furnished with 2-3 bunk beds per room. Over 5,000 Army Air Corps troops received seamanship training at Point Clear during 1944-1945, in preparation for service in the Pacific theater of the fight against Japan.Create Date
March 19, 2022Update Date
March 19, 2022