The 16" coast defense battery erected during the inter-war period and located just west of Montauk Point, Suffolk County, Long Island, was named Camp Hero, unusual name for a military installation. It has been suggested that the name may relate to Theodore Roosevelt's "Rough Riders" who were quaranteened at Camp Wycoff nearby after their return to the US from Cuba in 1898. Does any reader have any advise on the origin of the name Camp Hero? Joseph F. Meany Jr. New York State Museum