12-126 Garand Picture of the Day - Panama 1962

[Mark in Rochester]

Jungle Warfare Training Center Port Sherman, Panama Date taken: 1962
Photographer: Carl Mydans



Fort Sherman is a former United States Army base located on Toro Point at the Atlantic (northern) end of the Panama Canal, on the western bank of the Canal directly opposite Colón (which is on the eastern bank). It was the primary defensive base for the Atlantic sector of the Canal, and was also the center for US jungle warfare training for some time. Its Pacific-side partner was Fort Amador. Both bases were turned over to Panama in 1999



Abandoned Barracks in Ft. Sherman, March 2008