Camp Murphy: The Southern Signal Corps School, 1942-1944

07/25/2026

"I have been transferred to Camp Murphy to a school called RADAR, which is the meaning of Radio and Ray Beams of Electromotive Force that detect under water, over water, and light than air craft from distances too far to ever believe, and which are a military secret so can't expose any more."
-Bill Snyder, letter to the Brook Reporter newspaper, Brook, IN

Wonder whether Bill's lose lips were discovered by his superiors at Camp Murphy?

01/12/2025

Oral history interview with Paul J. Donnelly, a Camp Murphy veteran.

Interview- Oral History of Paul J Donnelly concerning Camp Murphty Florida during WWII 1942-1943. Camp Murphy was a secret radar development and training ba...

12/08/2024

📸📅 Camp Murphy Post Engineers, May 1944.

The U.S. mobilized for war after the bombing of Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Camp Murphy, built in 1942, included the Southern Signal Corps School, a top-secret radar training school. Located in what is now Jonathan Dickinson State Park, many locals had jobs at the camp. Post engineers kept the camp running, managing everything from clogged plumbing to repair and maintenance on buildings.

Scan gift of Sandra Thurlow. 🔍 Closer look: https://www.martindigitalhistory.org/items/show/2596

11/30/2024

"It is hotter down here than a termite in a cement mill."
-Pvt. Robert L. Ewing, 801st STR, Company G
(Benkelman Post - 31 Jul 1942)

11/29/2024

Did You Know: to preserve the secrecy of radar, hometown newspaper mentions of servicemen training at Camp Murphy described them as "radio technicians" undergoing a "course of special instruction."

10/22/2024

Mark your calendars for the next presentation in our Fall Series, as we welcome Josh Liller, Loxahatchee River Historical Society Historian, for a presentation on Camp Murphy.
Free to members and the public.

Annual Board Meeting followed by program

Date: Tuesday, November 12th at 7pm
Location: The Flagler of Stuart
201 SW Flagler St, Stuart, FL

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Stuart Main Street
Protect Jonathan Dickinson State Park

09/08/2024