University Park in Dayton in Montgomery County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Sugar Camp WAVES Cabin
ca. 1943
Photographed By Craig Doda, May 22, 2021
1. Sugar Camp WAVES Cabin Marker
Inscription.
Sugar Camp WAVES Cabin. ca. 1943. In April, 1943 Col. Edward A. Deeds opened the residential cabins at Sugar Camp, built several years earlier as a summer school for sales personnel, to house the WAVES (Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service) working in a joint top-secret World War II code-breaking project for the US Navy and NCR. Initially 300 women were housed in the sixty cabins and had access to a dining hall, four classrooms, a recreation building, administration building, outdoor swimming pool and baseball diamond. These women were hand-picked by the Navy to fill essential jobs in the manufacture and operation of critical code-breaking machines, especially the American "Bombe", which significantly hastened the end of the war.
In April, 1943 Col. Edward A. Deeds opened
the residential cabins at Sugar Camp, built
several years earlier as a summer school for
sales personnel, to house the WAVES
(Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency
Service) working in a joint top-secret World
War II code-breaking project for the US Navy
and NCR. Initially 300 women were housed in
the sixty cabins and had access to a dining
hall, four classrooms, a recreation building,
administration building, outdoor swimming
pool and baseball diamond. These women were
hand-picked by the Navy to fill essential jobs
in the manufacture and operation of critical
code-breaking machines, especially the
American "Bombe", which significantly
hastened the end of the war.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Communications • War, World II • Women. A significant historical month for this entry is April 1943.
Location. 39° 43.701′ N, 84° 12.057′ W. Marker is in Dayton, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It is in University Park. Marker can be reached from Carillon Boulevard, 0.2 miles west of South Patterson Boulevard, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1000 Carillon Blvd, Dayton OH 45409, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 4, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 24, 2021, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 253 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on May 24, 2021, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
