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| Camp Forrest, located near Tullahoma, Tenn., was one of the Army's largest training bases during the World War II period between 1941 and 1946. The camp, named after Civil War cavalry General Nathan Bedford Forrest, was originally named Camp Peay. Camp Peay was named after 1920's Tennessee Governor Austin Peay and built east of Tullahoma as a National Guard camp in 1926. Camp Peay covered 1,040 acres. Camp Forrest covered 85,000 acres located just beyond the old Camp Peay. | ||
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| Training at Camp Forrest | ||
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| William Northern Field, an air training base, was an addition for war preparation. The field was used as a training site for crews of multi-engine B-24 bombers of the Army Air Force. | ||
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| In 1945 the U.S. government implemented an Intellectual Diversion Program which would enlighten Germany on American way of life and increase their appreciation for our country. This program used educational and recreational media to change views of POW's. The program was successful with many prisoners. | ||
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| Tullahoma | ||
| Tullahoma was greatly affected by
the installation of Camp Forrest. Because of maneuvers and operations,
civilians became accustomed to blocked roads, traffic jams, crowded
stores, the absence of mail delivery, and driving at night without lights.
Soldiers camped out on lawns and fields. Many crops and fences were
destroyed. The population of Tullahoma was 4,500 in 1940. By the end of the war the population had grown to 75,000. Many military people who moved in for construction and operation of the camp remained after the war. | ||
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| After the War | ||
| In 1946, Camp Forrest and Northern Field were declared surplus property. Buildings were sold at auction, torn down and carted away. Water and sewage systems and electrical systems were sold as salvage. All that remains are roads, brick chimneys and concrete foundations | ||
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| Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) is the most advanced and largest complex of flight simulation test facilities in the world with more than 50 aerodynamic and propulsion wind tunnels, rocket and turbine engine test cells, space environmental chambers, arc heaters, ballistic ranges and other specialized units. Twenty-seven of the center's test units have capabilities unmatched elsewhere. Facilities can simulate flight conditions from sea level to altitudes above 100,000 feet, and from subsonic velocities to those well over Mach 20. | ||
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| Units stationed at Camp Forrest | ||
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Engineering Development Center, Arnold Air Force Base, TN
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| Email Request | ||
| Sent: Sat 3/27/2004 6:09 PM Subject: 191st, c& d batteries | ||
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EXCELLENT SITE!!!!!!!!
Hello, my name is Bill Jones and I an
historian for Van Buren county doing research on the Spencer Artillery
Range here in Van Buren County. We hope to do a history of the range which
was an annex of Camp Forrest. We know that C Battery of the 191st trained
on this range and would like to know if anyone remembers being there. We
have been trying to locate pictures made on the range and if anyone has
any they are willing to share it would be greatly appreciated. Also does
anyone recognize the following names, Alton Evans from Oakman, AL., James
Bartee from Castlewood VA., or Lewis Steadman? Also any stories the might
recall would be useful. Thank you very much.
Bill Jones
Bill & Agnes Jones [BillJ3370@Blomand.net] | ||
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