The United States Army Signal Corps established Camp Murphy , a secret radar training school in 1942. Camp Murphy is located between Stuart and Jupiter in what is now Jonathan Dickinson State Park in Martin County in southeastern Florida.
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In 1942, the federal government opened Camp Murphy. It was the home of the Southern Signal Corps School during World War II and served as a US Army base for instruction in radar operations at the start of the war journey. This post is named in honor of Colonel William Herbert Murphy, a pioneer in the development of radio beams and equipment for military aircraft. Camp Murphy consists of 11,364 acres (45.99 km 2 ) and accommodates 854 officers and 5,752 enlisted men. The camp has nearly 1,000 buildings including banks, cinemas, churches and a bowling alley. Camp Murphy was officially deactivated in 1944 and used for migrant housing during the fall and winter of 1945. Buildings that had not been unloaded after the camp deactivation were sold and taken away starting in 1948. On June 9, 1947, the property was removed from the US Government.. to the State of Florida for State Parks. In 1950 Jonathan Dickinson State Park opened to the public.
The camp covers more than 1,000 buildings and houses more than 6,000 officers and soldiers. The camp was deactivated in 1944 after less than two years of operation. All but three camp buildings have been torn down or moved but some of the building's foundations remain. One foundation structure that remains to be seen is a safe to the National Bank of the Atlantic in the Provost building. This is a full two-room safe even though the vault doors have been removed. One of the vault doors seemed to be forced open from the inside - there was a human-sized hole in the roof just above the door with a rebar of concrete curved inside.
In addition, on the west side of the railway tracks, the remains of the water treatment facilities are still visible, although very receding. Along the Treasure Coast and Palm Beach, there are still former Murfy Camp buildings used that were acquired as surplus shortly after the war. Also, the former USO club building still stands in the nearby community of Hobe Sound and Stuart. Currently, one of the few buildings still in use today is the "Road to Victory Military Museum", located next to the Memorial Park/tennis court in Stuart. One of the camping spots Jonathan Dickinson is located in the area which is the Camp Hospital. One interesting fact is that local legend Vince "Trapper" Nelson was actually assigned to the base as a member of the military police. There are several sites that you can observe. The former ammunition dump just east of the railroad tracks is already closed but you can see the top of the building. The building opposite Hobe Hill is a former barracks. The park office, located west of the camp area, is a secret bomb shelter for government people during the Kennedy administration. Walking south along the tracks, the former rifle range still has a standing wall; walking along the hill you can find a bullet. Behind the riding lanes in the park you can see the steam engine used in the 1800s to cut cypress wood for F.E.C.railway. Also a small house near a maintenance warehouse is a former camp base commander. Ammunition dumps are used as shelter for many years by national park employees; it has 2 rooms and the second level is accessed by stairs.
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The property was moved to the State of Florida in 1947 and opened as Jonathan Dickinson State Park in 1950.
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Signal Corps (United States Army)
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