Fort Lawton

Fort Lawton was an American Army-base which was used in the Second World War as embarkation center of soldiers and as a Army Transportation Corps base. There was also a large hospital. More than a million soldiers passed Fort Lawton on their way to the Pacific battle-area. After the was , the base was used as demobilization center.

There was also a prisoner-of-war camp on the base, for about 500 POWs. During riots by Afro-American soldiers, an Italian POW, Guglielmo Olivotto, was lynched.

Most buildings of the base are demolished or used elsewhere after the war.

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Joe Mabel