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East Oakmont in Plum in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Camp D. D. Gaillard

 
 
Camp D. D. Gaillard Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By J. J. Prats, March 4, 2006
1. Camp D. D. Gaillard Marker
Inscription. 15th U.S. Engineers. World War Volunteers. Enlisted at Pittsburgh. Trained here May 23, 1917 to July 8, 1917. Embarked from New York July 9, 1917. England July 19, 1917, to July 23, 1917. First Armed foreign troops to land in England since Sixteenth Century. France July 28, 1917, to April 13, 1819. Debarked at New York, April 27, 1919. Mustered out of service at Camp Sherman May 15, 1919. Pittsburgh’s Pioneer Engineers.
 
Erected 1923 by Allegheny County.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, World I. A significant historical month for this entry is April 1848.
 
Location. 40° 31.275′ N, 79° 48.848′ W. Marker is in Plum, Pennsylvania, in Allegheny County. It is in East Oakmont. Marker is on the Pennsylvania Turnpike at Oakmont Service Plaza (Interstate 76 at milepost 49.3), on the right when traveling east. It at the western corner of the restaurant building, facing the turnpike. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Verona PA 15147, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Allegheny Valley Coal Miners Memorial (approx. 1.4 miles away); Oakmont Carnegie Library (approx. 1˝ miles away); Crossing the River (approx. 1˝ miles away); The Churches of Oakmont
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(approx. 1˝ miles away); River Recreation (approx. 1˝ miles away); Industrial Oakmont (approx. 1.6 miles away); Camp Wright at Hulton (approx. 1.6 miles away); Borough of Oakmont (approx. 1.6 miles away).
 
Regarding Camp D. D. Gaillard. The marker stands where Camp Gaillard once stood.
 
Also see . . .  Photo of Camp Gaillard. This photo on page 50 of the book Oakmont in the “Images of America” series by Vince Gagetta with Paula A. Calabrese, Cheryl Zentgraf, and Gary Rogers. (Submitted on April 4, 2007.) 
 
Camp D. D. Gaillard Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Christopher Busta-Peck, April 5, 2008
2. Camp D. D. Gaillard Marker
Blue Star Memorial Highway sign nearby image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 15, 2018
3. Blue Star Memorial Highway sign nearby
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 6, 2006, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 3,042 times since then and 10 times this year. Last updated on February 12, 2021, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos:   1. submitted on March 6, 2006, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.   2. submitted on April 7, 2008, by Christopher Busta-Peck of Shaker Heights, Ohio.   3. submitted on April 16, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.

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