New Jersey Embarkation Depot in Flags in the Dust (Location)

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New Jersey Embarkation Depot
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An "embarkation depot" was a port from which American soldiers sailed for France. There was one at Newark, New Jersey, during the First World War, though the novel simply locates the one from which Buddy MacCallum ships somewhere in that state.

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Military Base

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