Co. 2425 MP-3
CCC Company 2425, with Negro veterans of WW I as its members, was formed at Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia, June 27, 1933. The Corpsman then moved to Shiloh National Military Park and lived in tents while building Camp Young, which was to be their Tennessee home for 8 years. The 2425th maintained the Park and the National Highway to Corinth, Miss. They improved roads, installed erosion dams, erected stone walls, planted thousands of trees, and gained honor by evacuating victims of the 1937 flood.| HM Number | HMCMH |
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| Tags | |
| Marker Number | 4C 30 |
| Placed By | Tennessee Historical Commission |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Wednesday, October 15th, 2014 at 8:03pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 16S E 375884 N 3888038 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 35.12756667, -88.36221667 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 35° 7.654', W 88° 21.733' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 35° 7' 39.24" N, 88° 21' 43.98" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 731 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 835 Shiloh Rd, Michie TN 38357, US |
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