Camp Davis Athletic Field, also known as Post Athletic Field, was used by the Camp Davis Archies from 1943 to 1944; it replaced the Marines' use of Wilmington's American Legion Stadium as a home venue. The field went disused with the closure of Camp Davis in September 1944, but its exact date of destruction is not known.

Overall, NC State had a record of 0-1 at this field, losing their one game in front of the largest crowd they played before for the season, more than doubling the next closest viewership, in part due to the game's free admission.

  * Non-conference games

Though Camp Davis played their home games in Wilmington for the 1941 and 1942 seasons, the Marines were unable to make a deal with the city prior to 1943, so began playing on their own post's athletic field [1] [2]. Though the venue likely existed as an informal practice or drill field prior to its use as their primary football field, the venue was first formally constructed in the months leading up to their September 25th, 1943 game against Wake Forest. The field, located just across the street from camp headquarters, was constructed largely by troops stationed at the base. The grounds opened with a bleacher capacity of 6,000 but routinely held crowds significantly larger [3].

Though the games held at Camp Davis were well-attended, the field was short-lived: in January 1944, the anti-aircraft artillery battalions (AAA) suspended operations at the base, and in the fall of that same year the camp buildings and materials were disassembled and/or auctioned off; many of the structures ended up in nearby Wilmington, while barracks and mess halls in particular were dismantled and sent to Cleveland and Washington for GI housing on college campuses in late 1947-early 1948.

Several of the camp's buildings remained through the late 1940s despite a partial demolition to the grounds shortly before the end of the war. From January to July 1945, the grounds were Army Air Force Redistribution and Convalescent Center, and starting in June 1946 served a small contingent of sailors in the Navy; the grounds were later a marine corps training camp. In late March 1947, a disparate portion of camp several miles away was used for Operation Bumblebee, which was Johns Hopkins' development of surface-to-air missiles; the camp facilities proper were utilized by the new detachment supervising the work. Though the conversion was easy, it was short-lived, as testing ceased in July 1948 so various testing locations could be consolidated [4]. Following that date, all of the camp but the air fields were considered surplus and were returned to the original landowners. The air fields, which the Marine Corps rents from International Paper, remain in use to this day for exercises [12].

Photos of Camp Davis Athletic Field