Camp Shanks was one of the largest U.S. Army staging areas and embarkation points in the United States during World War II. More than 1.3 million men and women passed through the camp enroute to Europe. The camp was 2 ½ miles long by one mile wide and covered 2,020 acres. Accessible to the Piermont and New York piers, Shanks had a total bunk capacity for 46,875 troops.
