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Fort Hancock: A Small Town

Buildings and people who lived at Fort Hancock.

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Fort Hancock: A Small Town

Fort Hancock: A Small Town

Soldiers on Parade in front of Barracks 25, 1938.

WACs eating in Mess Hall 58, 1943.

Fort Hancock Football Team on Parade Ground, 1931.

Fort Hancock Gatehouse, near Sea Bright c. 1940.

Fort Hancock Guardhouse, Building 28, c. 1940.

Fort Hancock Post Exchange, 1945

Fort Hancock Gas Station, Building 60, 1940.

Christmas at the Fort Hancock Post Chapel, 1944.

New Year's Eve, Fort Hancock Officers' Club, 1944.

Party at the Fort Hancock YMCA, 1945.

Post Hospital, c. 1930.

Sergeant's Row, c. 1940.

Pre-built drawing of Commanding Officers Quarters.

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