Camp Ward

 Second World War 1939-1945, camp

During the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, when it became apparent that the U.S.S. Oklahoma was about to capsize, there came an order to abandon ship. One man, James Richard Ward, Seaman First Class, calmly remained at his turret post, ignoring his own safety. He was holding a flashlight so that the rest of the men in his turret crew might see to escape. Ward died, saving his shipmates, and was later awarded, posthumously, the Congressional Medal of Honor.

One of six individual training stations at Farragut Naval Training Center, Camp Ward was designed to accommodate and train 5,000 sailors at a time. Buildings located here included a drill hall with six basketball courts, two dispensaries, a rec hall, twenty-two double barracks, ship's stores, indoor rifle range, admin building and chief petty officer's quarters.


The Camp was officially opened October 6, 1942.

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