Camp Crane | |
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Ambulance Station 555 | |
Part of Training Headquarters of the USAACS. United States Army Ambulance Corps, World War I | |
Allentown, Pennsylvania | |
Coordinates | 40°36′05″N 75°29′51″W / 40.60139°N 75.49750°W |
Site history | |
In use | 17 May 1917 – 10 April 1919 |
Camp Crane was a World War I United States Army Ambulance Service (USAAS) training camp, located in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Its mission was to train ambulance drivers to evacuate casualties on the Western Front in France. It was named for Brigadier General Charles Henry Crane, surgeon general of the Army in 1882–83.
Today, the location of Camp Crane is used as the Allentown Fairgrounds