Ipswich Camp was a former infantry and field artillery coastal defense base camp that existed from between May 1942 and November 1943 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA. Company L of the

181st Infantry Regiment The 181st Infantry Regiment shares the distinction of being the oldest combat regiment currently organized in the United States Army. It is one of several National Guard units with colonial roots and campaign credit for the War of 1812. The re ...

was stationed at the camp, alongside Battery B of the 211th Field Artillery Battalion, part of the forces of the

Eastern Defense Command The Eastern Defense Command was first established as the Northeast Defense Command on 17 March 1941 as one of four U.S. Army continental defense commands to plan and prepare for and execute defense against enemy attack in the months before Ameri ...

for defending the United States. The infantry company patrolled between Newburyport and Lynn, while the field artillery battery was located along several earthwork positions along the coast.

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Installations of the U.S. Army in Massachusetts Buildings and structures in Ipswich, Massachusetts {{Massachusetts-struct-stub

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