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Revision as of 00:03, 28 November 2006
Indiantown Gap National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the town of Annville, in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. It occupies approximately 677 acres, and is site to 26,323 interments, as of the end of 2005.
History
Indiantown Gap derives its name from the various Native American communities that resided the region. Starting in the 1930s, it became a training area for the National Guard. In 1975 it also served as a refugee camp for southeast Asian refugees. For eight months, more than 22,000 Vietnamese and Cambodian refugees were resettled through the facility.
In 1976, a section of Fort Indiantown Gap was selected as the national cemetery for the states of Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Virginia and West Virginia. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania donated land for the site to the Veterans Administration.
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