Camp Alfred Vail
1917
11/3 W 18-0 Chattle HS Alumni
11/10 ? Chattle All-Stars
11/18 ? Norwoods of Long Branch
12/8 ? Atlantic Highlands All-Stars
Ft. Monmouth Intra-Base Competition
Sep. Company E (W 32-6) Company D
10/7 11th Telegraph Company (W 6-0) Company E
11/3 52nd Telegraph Battalion v. Invincible 55th
1918
10/26 Fort Hancock, Sandy Hook
11/2 W 26-0 Camp Dix (H)
11/9 L 0-27 Brickley's Naval Transport, Hoboken, at The Polo Grounds, N.Y.
11/16 L 0-17 Camp Merritt (H) 11/15? at Asbury Park?
11/17 no game at Rutgers
11/23 L 0-33 Fort Slocum
11/28 T 0-0 Fort Hancock Sandy Hook Ordinance Dept., at Romson Country Club, Red Bank, N.J. 11/27?
. W 7-0 Fort Hancock
1919
Camp Vail Post
11/8 W Asbury Park Vets
11/1 ? Fort Hancock
11/1 W 18-6 Red Bank Alumni
11/8 W 12-0 Asbury Park All-Service Men
11/9 T 0-0 Norwood Field Club
11/16 W 15-0 at Norwoods of Long Branch 6-0?
11/23 T 0-0 Unexcelled Fire Company, at Norwood Oval, Long Branch
11/29 L 6-7 Unexcelled Fire Company, at Fletcher Lake Oval, Asbury Park
Ft. Monmouth Intra-Base Competition
10/17 15th Service Company T 0-0 13th Service Company
10/29 13th Service Company W 12-0) 15th Service Company
1920
9/25 W 16-0 Chattle High School, at Casino Field, Long Branch
10/9 L 6-12 at Red Bank High School, at Orioles Baseball Ground
. L 0-6 Norwood Field Club
11/11 W 36-6 at Asbury Park American Legion
1921
10/22 W 13-0 Fort Hancock (H)
10/23 canceled at Beauvais Post, American Legion, Tottenville
10/29 ? at Fort Totten
11/5 no game Fort Jay, at Mitchel Field
11/5 W 22-0 Mitchell Field
11/11 ? at Belmar
11/11 ? at Asbury Park American Legion
11/12 W Belmar Mystics, at Worthington Field
11/16 ? Fort Slocum (H)
11/19 ? at Mitchel Field
11/20 L 6-19 at Beauvais Post (Tottenville, Staten Island)
12/3 ? Belmar, at Asbury Park
1922
Oct. W 6-0 Mystics of Belmar
. L 0-14 Chattle High School (Long Branch)
. L 0-13 Chattle High School
10/19 L 0-63 Chattle, at Ocean Park
10/19 L 6-12 Long Branch HS
10/21 L 0-6 at Mystics of Belmar, at Worthington Field
10/26 W 26-0 Governors Island (Fort Jay)
10/29 ? at Fort Totten
11/5 W 20-0 at Beauvais Post of American Legion, Aquehonga Grounds, Tottenville, Staten Island
. W 67-0 Fort Hancock
11/9 L 14-25 Neptune High School, at Asbury Park
11/11 Mystics of Belmar, at Asbury Park
. ? Mitchel Field Aviators
11/19 L 7-13 at Fort DuPont 5,000
11/22 W 26-0 at Governors Island 10/26?
11/26 W 20-14 Knights of Columbus of Long Branch
11/30 L 6-14 Knights of Columbus of Long Branch, at Norwood Oval
1923
. W 19-0 Fort Hancock
10/28 W 55-0 Fort Hancock 60-0?
11/7 W 7-0 Miller Field (H) 13-0?
11/11 W 27-0 Long Branch Stars, at Ocean Park
11/14 L 7-21 Fort Jay (H) [may be Ft. Jay Forfeit due to using Fort Wadsworth players]
11/24 W 20-0 Ocean Park
11/28 ? Miller Field
1924
. W
10/4 at Naval AIr Station, Lakehurst, at Toms River
. W
. W
. W
10/25 L 0-13 at Governors Island 16th Infantry
11/1 W 54-0 at Miller Field, New Dorp, Staten Island
11/8 canceled Sterner Lumber Company of Belmar, at Asbury Park
11/9 L 0-31 at Mohawks of Ocean Port at Peerles Oval
11/11 W 7-0 Sterner Lumber Company of Belmar, at Asbury Park
11/22 postponed Sterner Lumber Company of Belmar
. W 33-0 Fort Hancock
Monmouth County Championship
11/27 canceled Sterner Lumber Company of Belmar, at Bradley Beach
12/13 ? Sterner Lumber Company of Belmar
Fort Monmouth
1925
. L 0-13 Fort Jay (Governors Island) [called Camp Vail]
11/14 canceled Sterner Lumber Company of Belmar, at Neptune Field
1926
1927
10/16 L 0-13 at Neptune A.A., at Bradley Beach, Neptune City 400
10/23 L 6-13 at Vons, at Buccleuch Park, New Brunswick 3,000
10/30 W 8-6 Atlantic Highlands (H)
11/6 L 0-17 at West Point Servicemen
11/11 L 0-26 Ocean Park American Legion
11/13 W 22-0 Fort Jay (H)
2nd Corps Area Harbor Posts League Championship
11/20 postponed at Fort Totten, at Bayside
11/27 L 0-9 Fort Totten, at Fort Hamilton
1928
10/21 L 7-12 at Red Bank 102nd Cavalrymen (Troop E), at Doelgers Field
10/28 ? at Neptune A.A., Eichengreen Field
11/4 ? Neptune A.A.
11/11 L 0-12 West Point Service Attachment (H)
11/18 W 10-0 Lakehurst
11/25 W 31-0 Red Bank Troop E 102nd Cavalry (H)
1929
1st Signal Corp
10/20 L 7-14 at Red Bank Town Team
10/27 L 0-27 Long Branch A.C. (H)
11/11 L 0-14 Red Bank Torn Team. (H) v. Long Branch A.C.?
11/17 rain out at Cedarbrook A.C., at Cedar Brook Park
11/24 W 14-0 at Fort Hamilton
11/28 T 0-0 Brooklyn Naval Hospital (H) [NOTE: This may be a Fort Hamilton game]
12/8 ? Cedarbrook A.C.
1930
15th Signal Service Company
Oct. L 0-14 Fort Hancock
10/26 W 31-0 Wanamassa Indians (H)
11/2 L 6-12 at Fort Hancock 6-13? 0-14?
11/9 ? Miller Field
11/11 L 0-2 Fort Hancock, at Red Bank HS
11/23 W 12-7 at Fort Hamilton att: 600
1931
9/27 L 0-28 at Fort Totten 0-20?
10/4 T 13-13 at Fort Slocum
10/11 W 6-0 Fort Hamilton (H) ???
10/11 W 10-6 at Fort DuPont
10/18 7-33 at CedarBrooks, CedarBrook Park, Plainfield 6-32?
10/31 L 0-20 Neptune City F.C. (All-Collegiates), at Municipal Field, Bergen Place {benefit} [orig, sched. at Asbury Park]
11/1 ? Republican Club charity game
11/11 L 0-14 Fort Hancock, at Red Bank, N.J. 2,000
11/29 W 16-0 at Fords Recreation
1932 ["2 losses in 12 starts"] Coach Reynolds
Signal Corp
9/25 L 6-13 Fort Totten (H)
10/2 W 13-0 Leonardo Field Club (H)
10/16 W 20-0 Rambler A.C. (New Brunswick) (H)
10/23 W 19-6 Keyport Field Club (H) 1,500
11/6 W 12-0 at Fords A.C., at Fords Corner 1,200
11/8 no game? at Wanamassa Indians [benefit game]
11/11 W 14-6 Fort Hancock, at Red Bank, NJ 3,000-5,000
11/20 W 32-6 at Fort Howard (Baltimore, Md.) "8th win"
11/24 W 19-0 Freehold Bears (H)
12/4 T 6-6 Bradley Beach Collegiates (H)
12/10 L 6-21 Rutgers Reserves ("B"), at Red Bank Stadium (benefit) 6-20? att: 800 (intramural Rutgers team]
1933 (~7-1-2) coach- Chaplain Maurice W. Reynolds
10/1 canceled Fords Recreation Club (Ford, NJ) (H)
10/1 T 0-0 Freehold Bears (H) att: 500
10/8 W 31-0 West End Wildcats (Keyport F.C.) of Long Branch (H)
10/15 W 13-0 at West Point Enlisted Men
10/22 W 12-6 Leonardo Field Club (H) 2,000
10/29 T 7-7 Fort DuPont (H) [not W 46-0 as written later in season]
11/5 W 27-0 West Point Enlisted Men (H)
11/11 W 27-0 Fort Hancock, at Asbury Park 3-4,000
11/19 L 0-30 at Army Medical School, Carlisle Barracks 30-0???
11/26 W 12-6 Keyport Field Club (H)
11/30 W 18-6 Fort Jay (H) 1,500 ["now 9-1-0"] (at Oceanport, NJ)
. no game Rutgers J.V.
1934 (5-4-0)
9/30 W 25-0 South Amboy Tigers (H)
10/7 W 35-0 Swift Ramblers of New Brunswick (H)
10/14 W 34-0 Point Pleasant A.C. (H)
10/21 W 45-0 at West Point Enlisted Men
10/28 L 0-6 West End Wildcats (H)
11/4 L 7-14 Carlisle Army Medical School (H)
11/11 W 33-6 Fort Hancock, at Freehold
11/18 L 19-20 at Fort DuPont, at Wilmington
11/25 L 6-12 Leonardo F.C. (H) 6-13?
1935
10/6 W 21-0 South Amboy Tigers (H)
10/13 L 3-6 Keyport Field Club (H)
10/20 W 7-0 Fort Totten
10/27 L 14-20 at Carlisle Medical School
11/3 W 19-6 Red Bank Quadrangles (H)
11/10 L 0-6 Fort DuPont, at Asbury Park
11/17 rain out at Fort Monmouth
11/24 W 13-12 Leonardo F.C. (H) [Leo F.C. undefeated before; Ft. Monmouth "3 losses"]
12/1 W 27-6 West End Wildcats
1936 coaches- Jack Robertson, Paul Balas
10/4 W 18-0 New Brunswick Merchants (H)
10/11 W 32-0 Fort Hancock (H)
10/18 W 14-0 Freehold Rug Mill (H)
10/25 L 0-25 Fort Jay (H) at Oceanport, N.J. 3,000
10/27 L 0-34 Carlisle Barracks
11/8 W 19-0 Red Bank Quadrangles (H)
11/15 L 0-14 Carlisle Army Barracks (loss #3)
11/22 W 6-0 Leonardo Field Club (H) 3,000
11/29 L 0-13 West End Wildcats (H)
1937 Monmouth County Semi-Pro Conference
10/17 L 0-20 Red Bank Quadrangles (H) [Ft. Monmouth 0-1-1 after game]
10/24 L 0-13 Leonardo Field Club (H)
10/31 L 0-19 at Freehold Gulistans
11/7 L 0-26 South Amboy Tigers (H)
11/11 L 6-18 Fort Hancock, at Red Bank Field
11/21 T 0-0 at West End Wildcats, at Speedway Field, Long Branch
12/12 not played? Round Robin Tournament (H)
1938 Monmouth County Conference (0-6-0 conf.)
10/9 L 0-12 Long Beach A.C. (H)
10/16 W 6-0 Leonardo F.C.(H) [?]
10/23 L 6-12 South Amboy Tigers (H)
10/30 L 2-15 Freehold Gulistans (H)
11/6 L 0-7 at Red Bank Quadrangles, Pirate Park (orig. at Long Beach Speedway) (benefit)
11/11 L 6-7 Fort Hancock (H)
11/27 postponed Leonardo F.C. {benefit}
12/4 ? at Leonardo F.C., HS Field {benefit}
1939 Monmouth-Ocean Lg.
. L South Amboy Tigers
10/1 W 16-0 Newark Woodside Tigers (H)
10/8 L 12-13 Red Bank Quadrangles (H)
10/15 W 7-0 Freehold Gulistans (H) 3,000
10/22 L 0-13 Leonardo Field Club (H)
10/29 L 2-6 South Amboy Tigers (H) 2,500
11/5 postponed Lakewood Firemen [rain]
11/12 W 13-6 Long Branch A.C. (H) 4,000 (benefit)
11/19 L 6-7 at Leonardo F.C., H.S. Field 1,500
1940 Monmouth County Semi-Pro League
10/6 W 7-0 Lakewood Firemen (H)
10/13 W 13-0 South Amboy Tigers (H)
10/20 W 7-0 Highlands A.A. (H)
10/27 W 6-0 Fort Hancock (H)
11/3 W 7-0 Leonardo Field Club (H) 6,000
11/10 W 6-0 Freehold Gulistans (H)
11/17 W 12-0 Toms River (H)
11/24 T 0-0 Long Branch A.C. (H)
1941 (9-1-0) [Monmouth County Semi-Pro Football Conference Champions][2nd Corp Area Champions]
. W 33-0 Freehold Gulistans
10/5 W 14-7 Long Branch A.C. [before 10/10]
. W 38-0 Bloomfield A.C.
10/18 L 0-26 at Rutgers 8,000
10/26 canceled Fort Totten [Ft. Totten sent on maneuvers]
10/26 W 25-0 Perth Amboy Greyhounds
11/2 W 36-0 Fort Hancock, at Asbury Park H.S. Stadium 4,500 [benefit]
11/9 W 27-0 at Carlisle Barracks
11/16 W 46-0 Fort Hamilton, at Union City
11/23 W 33-0 Leonardo Field Club
11/30 W 28-0 Fort DuPont
1942 (5-3-2)
9/15 L 0-19 at Manhattan College [SCRIMMAGE]
9/20 canceled Philadelphia Defense (H)
9/22 scrimmage at Fordham
9/26 L 0-39 at Columbia "1,000's" [charity game]
10/4 W 13-0 Scranton (H) 3,000
10/10 L 3-7 at Lafayette
10/18 T 14-14 Manhattan Beach Coast Guard Training Station (H) 5,000
10/24 W 13-2 at Army Plebes 1,000
11/1 W 32-0 Fort Upton (H)
11/8 canceled Indiantown Gap M.R.
11/8 W 46-0 Lancaster Presidents (pro) (H)
11/14 T 0-0 at Rutgers 2,500
U.S. Army Service Command championship (2nd Area):
11/29 W 6-0 Fort Totten (H)
1943-1945 No team
1946 coach- Master Sgt. Felix Moryl
10/2 L 0-27 at Army Plebes
10/12 L 0-39 Scranton College
10/19 canceled Philadelphia Collegiates) (semi-pro) (H) [injuries]
10/26 Philadelphia Brown Bombers (semi-pro) (H)
Team disbanded because too many players transferred out of base.
11/2 canceled Rutgers Freshmen (H)
11/8 canceled at Columbia Freshmen
11/10 canceled at Leonardo Field Club
11/16 canceled 1st Army Headquarters (Fort Jay)
11/17 canceled at Argonne Post
11/23 canceled at Connecticut State Teachers College
1947 coach- Major Fertig [First Army Football Conference]
9/20 W 60-0 at Long Branch High School [scrimmage]
9/28 T 0-0 Camp Kilmer (H)
10/3 W 20-0 at 1st Army HQ (Fort Jay)
10/12 no game Pine Camp (H) (night)
10/12 W 19-0 West Point Army Base (H) [orig. scheduled 10/26]
10/17 W 9-0 at Murphy General Hospital (Waltham, Mass.) (night)
10/26 W 40-0 Mitchel Field (H) 4,500
10/31 L 0-6 at Camp Kilmer Eagles 2,500
11/9 L 6-13 Fort Jay (H) [orig. sched. 10/31]
11/15 ? at Pine Camp
11/23 ? Murphy General Hospital (H)
11/28 ? at West Point Army Base (Post)
1948 coach- Bill van Lenten [First Army Football Conference]
9/ scrimmage Upsala College
9/26 L 0-26 Bergen Junior College, at Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City
10/2 L 7-27 at Montclair Teachers College 1,200
10/8 W 20-0 West Point Post (H) (night) 5,500
10/16 W 12-9 at Adelphi College, Freeport Municipal Stadium (night) 3,000 (10/15?)
10/22 L 7-12 at West Point Post (Cadres)
10/29 W 33-0 Fort Jay (H) (night)
11/5 L 0-20 Camp Kilmer (H) [for 1st Army Championship]
11/14 canceled Fort Jay (H)
11/19 ? at Camp Kilmer
1949 (7-3-0) coach- Bill Vin Lenten [1st Army champs] pos. 8-3-0, win over "service team"
9/16 ? at Long Branch Indians (pro)
9/18 L 7-14 Belmar Yellow Jackets (pro- Shore Football League) (H) 600
9/23 W 33-7 at Montclair Teachers (H) 3,000 (night)
10/7 W 8-7 Camp Kilmer (H) 4,000
10/14 W 25-13 West Point Military Attachment (H) (night)
10/22 L 0-46 at Adelphi College, Freeport Municipal Stadium 3,000
10/28 W 6-0 at Trenton Teachers [43rd straight without a win, NCAA record at time, 0-39-4 since 1938] 10/29?
11/5 W 53-0 at Fort Devens Hornets
11/11 canceled Signal Corp Photographers of Astoria (H) [many players transferred]
11/11 W 39-0 Leonardo F.C. (H)
11/18 L 7-20 Glassboro State (H)
Post-Season game:
12/4 W 12-0 at Kindley A.F.B., Bermuda
6-Man Tackle
1st Army Flag Football Championships (double elimination)
Fort Monmouth won tournament!!
1950 Cancel schedule
9/23 canceled at New Haven State Teachers
9/29 canceled Aberdeen Proving Grounds (H) (night)
10/6 canceled at Hofstra
10/13 canceled Princeton J.V. (H) (night)
10/21 canceled Temple Frosh
10/28 canceled at Trenton State Teachers
11/11 canceled Arnold College (H)
11/18 canceled at Glassboro State
1951 [8/31/1951: drop 9 game schedule 1951, sched. picked up by Camp Kilmer]
No team
1952
6-Man Tackle
1st Army Flag Football Championships, at Camp Edwards (double elimination)
11/ W 48-0 Fort Jay (Governor's Island)
11/ W 39-0 Camp Edwards
11/ W 20-6 Camp Kilmer
11/21 W 19-7 Camp Devens
1953 (8-2-0)
9/25 L 6-20 Camp Le Jeune (N.C) (H) (night) 7,500 9/19?
10/2 W 33-0 at Cape May Coast Guard (night)
10/10 W 32-7 at Parris Island Marines
10/18 W 33-0 at Westover A.F.B. 5,500
10/23 W 52-0 Fort Meade Generals (H) 7,500
10/30 W 47-6 Edgewood Arsenal (Md.) (H) (night) (47-0?)
11/7 L 0-18 at Bollings A.F.B., Arnold Stadium, D.C. 1,500
11/11 W 35-20 Fort Devens Hornets (H)
11/ W 26-14 Little Creek Amphibians
11/28 W 20-9 Fort Lee (Va.) (H)
12/4 canceled Fort Dix (H) (night) [canceled by Ft. Dix]
1954 (5-6-0)
9/ scrimmage Bainbridge Naval Base
9/11 scrimmage at Upsala College
9/18 W 46-13 at Ashland Miners (at Pottsville, Pa.) (pro) 4,000 (exhibition) (benefit)
10/1 W 15-7 Little Creek Amphibs (Norfolk) (H) 7,000
10/8 W 13-7 Fort Eustis (H) (night) 5,500
10/15 L 13-20 Parris Island Marines (H) (night)
10/23 L 7-22 at Fort Belvoir Engineers, Pullen Field 6,500
10/29 L 0-28 at Fort Lee (Va.) at Nowak Field 5,500
11/5 W 26-0 at Parris Island, Donohue Field
11/12 L 18-38 Bolling A.F.B. (H) (night) 5,500
11/20 W 7-2 at Camp Le Jeune
11/25 L 7-40 at Quantico Marines, Butler Stadium, Washington, D.C.
12/4 L 14-32 Fort Belvoir (H)
1955 (5-5-0) coach- Dick Prior (Ark. '53) new field: Signaleers Field
9/23 L 7-14 at West Chester Teachers College (night)
10/1 W 21-12 Camp Devens (H)
10/7 L 7-13 at Fort Eustis, Wheel Field 4,500 (night)
10/15 W 7-6 West Point "B" team (H)
10/22 L 7-46 at Bolling A.F.B., Arnold Field 9,000 [T.V.]
10/29 W 26-20 at Fort Dix 5,000 10/30 ?
11/5 L 10-25 at Fort Belvoir, Pullen Field
11/11 W 21-7 Fort Lee (Va.) (H) 3,000
11/19 W 38-0 Norfolk 3rd A.A.A. Canoneers (H)
11/24 L 3-10 Quantico Marines (H)
6-Man Tackle
1st Army Flag Football Championships (double elimination)
Final:
11/ W 25-6 Fort Dix
Fort Monmouth won tournament!!
1956 (0-8-0) coach- Nick Chickillo
9/15 scrimmage? Bordentown Reformatory
9/22 L 0-6 Norfolk Army Cannoneers, at Virginia Beach HS (night) [orig. sched. at Fort Monroe]
9/29 L 0-40 Fort Belvoir (H) 3,500
10/5 L 0-20 at Army J.V. (West Point "B"), Clinton Field
10/13 L 0-49 at Camp LeJeune, Liverledge Field 7,500
10/20 L 0-34 Fort Dix (H)
10/27 L 7-19 Mitchel Air Force Base Commanders (H)
11/10 canceled Fort Eustis (H)
11/10 L 7-13 at Fort Lee
11/28 L 0-34 at Quantico Marines, Butler Stadium, D.C.
6-Man Tackle
1st Army Flag Football Championships, at Fort Monmouth (double elimination)
11/13 T 0-0 Fort Niagara [Niagara wins on total yards]
11/13 L 0-20 Fort Devens
11/14 L 0-6 Fort Tilden
[Note: Ft. Monmouth L 6-13 Fort Totten was actually Fort Wadsworth's loss]
1957
Signaleers
9/14 W 19-0 Bordentown Reformatory (exhibition)
9/21 L 13-14 at Anacostia Naval, at Washington, D.C.
10/5 L 6-12 at Quonset Point Naval, Rhode Island
10/12 L 7-30 Fort Lee (H)
10/19 W 14-0 at Fort Meade
10/26 L 7-24 Bainbridge (H)
11/1 L 6-19 at Mitchel Field CONAC A.F.B. Volunteers (night) [Monmouth 1-5 after]
11/9 W 14-6 Newport Navy (H) att: 100
11/16 ? West Point "B" (H) [pos. W if 3-6 doesn't count exh. & 2nd Ft. Meade didn't happen]
. W 5-0 Fort Meade Not sure of this game
11/28 L 0-46 at Fort Dix [Fort Monmouth 3-6 after game]
6-Man Tackle
1st Army Flag Football Championships (double elimination)
11/ W 24-14 West Point
11/ W 22-0 Fort Devens
11/ W 33-0 63rd A.A.A. Group
Semi-Final:
11/ W 6-0 Fort Dix
Final:
11/15 W 7-6 Fort Dix
1958
1st Army Flag Football Championships, at Fort Devens (double elimination)
11/17 W 20-6 Fort Wadsworth
11/18 W 16-14 West Point
11/19 T 6-6 Fort Dix [Ft. Dix wins on yardage 28-0 on overtime plays]
11/19 W 12-0 63rd A.A.A. Group
11/ L 0-24 Fort Devens
1959
1st Army Flag Football Championships, at West Point (double elimination)
11/18 W 38-0 Fort Hancock
11/19 W 28-26 West Point
11/19 W 58-0 Brooklyn Army Base (Bay Ridge)
11/20 L 24-28 Fort Devens
11/20 L 22-32 West Point
1960
1st Army Flag Football Championships, at West Point (double elimination)
11/15 W 44-0 Army Pictoral Center (Astoria)
11/15 W 38-14 Fort Hancock
11/ L 34-52 Fort Dix
11/ L Fort Hancock
Note: 6 man intramural football played from at least 1949 through 1970s.
1974
[Pfc. Marlene (Mickey) LaMothe one of the players]
Notes:
•Near site of Battle of Monmouth Courthouse, Revolutionary War: The last battle of that War of Independence fought in the north June 28, 1778, although inconclusive, it proved that the Continental Army could fight the British on equal terms. This is the battle where Molly Pitcher took over for her downed husband in aiding the troops.
•Site of first Monmouth Racetrack 1871; rebuilt 1893. New Jersey banned horseracing in 1896, the “Jersey Derby” moved from Monmouth Racetrack to Churchill Downs and was renamed the “Kentucky Derby.”
•Civil War camp for mustering departing troops.
•The U.S. Army Signal Corps began March 3, 1863.
•Opened as Camp Little Silver June 17, 1917.
•Renamed Camp Alfred Vail September 17,1917.
•Alfred Vail (1807-1859) from Morristown was the inventor of Morse Code.
•Bred and trained carrier pigeons and passenger pigeons for and after First World War. Relocated 1943 to Camp Chowder, Maryland, the birds returned in 1946. Served in Korean War as well, the pigeon program lasted to 1957.
•Renamed Fort Monmouth 1925.
•Fort Monmouth Signal School opened 1919.
•First radio controlled weather balloon launched from Ft. Monmouth.
•In 1946, radar was bounced off the moon from the Diana Tower at Fort Monmouth.
•Satellites from the earliest Vanguards (1958) developed here; night vision glasses (1968); Defribrillator Pacemaker (1972); laser rangefinder & lithium batteries (1974) among many other inventions out of the Fort.
•U.S. Army Chaplain Center and School (USACHCS) moved to Ft. Monmouth from Fort Wadsworth 1979; transferred to Fort Jackson, S.C., 1995.
•Currently home to U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) from 1973), Army Materiel Command (AMC from 1962) and U.S. Military Academy Preparatory School (USMAPS), AKA West Point Prep, established 1946.
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