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Newport News/ Williamsburg International Airport
traces its roots back to World War II, when the
current airport facility was part of the US Army's
Camp Patrick Henry, a sprawling 1700 acre complex
that was a major staging area for American troops
shipping off to the war in Europe.
Nearly 1.5 million soldiers passed through Camp
Patrick Henry, where after processing they were
sent aboard a series of troop trains to the nearby
Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation on the Newport
News waterfront to board ships for the voyage
across the Atlantic
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