Camp Maxey Railroads/Passengers/Freight

Sgt. Elmer R. Rohrbach

Sgt. Elmer R. Rohrbach
1882nd Unit, 8th Service Command
Detention Corps of Military Police
Camp Maxey, Texas
U.S. Army

Elmer Robert Rohrbach was born May 27, 1921, in D'Hanis, Texas. He served in the U.S. Army from August 1942 to January 1946. He was a staff sergeant in the military police, serving in the Western Pacific Campaign.

WWII POW Camps In The U.S.

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99th Infantry Division: 324th Medical Batallion

https://www.med-dept.com/unit-histories/324th-medical-battalion/

Link to the 99th Infantry Division Association Web Site

Link to the 99th Infantry Division Association Web Site

Charles Bowden, Civilian Employee

At its peak of activity, Camp Maxey employed approximately 10,500 civilian employees in support of over 50,000 military assigned to the camp.  Both the 99th and 102d Infantry Divisions trained at the camp, each with 18,500 members.

1942-Camp Maxey

Link to 102d Infantry Division Association Web Site

http://www.ozarks102id.org/group.php

Mrs. Wentz, wife of S/Sgt. Lester L. Wentz, 28 cent meal ticket at camp Mess #3

S/Sgt. Lester L. Werntz, enlisted man's pass to visit Paris.

Camp Maxey Theater and Guest House

Paris, Texas 1944

By 1944 Paris had grown accustomed to soldiers flocking to town as a diversion from life at Camp Maxey.  Four USOs were established to provide entertainment and dances for thousands of them each weekend.  One cab company reported a wait in line of over an hour after midnight to get a taxi after USOs had closed.  

Pvt. Dave W. Jones, 99th Infantry Division

Pvt Joseph Smiley