Area B-5 (Catoctin Mountain Park)

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Area B-5 in Catoctin Mountain Park is a historic World War II-era site used by the Office of Strategic Services as a covert training ground for intelligence and special operations personnel.


Statements (41)
Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II military training site
covert training facility
historic site
associatedWith United States intelligence community
special operations forces
category Intelligence agency facilities
Military facilities in Maryland
World War II sites in Maryland
conflict World War II
continent North America
country United States
environment rural
era 1940s
governingBody U.S. Department of the Interior
hasAccess within a U.S. national park
hasFunction training ground for intelligence personnel
training ground for special operations personnel
hasTerrain mountainous forest
heritageDesignation historic World War II-era site
historicalPeriod World War II
languageOfLocation English
locatedIn Catoctin Mountain Park
Frederick County, Maryland
Maryland
United States
managedBy National Park Service
notableFor training OSS personnel during World War II
ownedBy United States federal government
partOf Catoctin Mountain Park
OSS training infrastructure
proximityTo Camp David
region Catoctin Mountain
relatedTo Camp David
securityLevel covert
suitableFor concealed field exercises
survival and fieldcraft training
weapons and demolitions training
usedBy Office of Strategic Services
usedFor covert training
intelligence training
special operations training

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Office of Strategic Services
trainingFacility

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