Camp Van Dorn
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jdwms_1950
N 31° 04.597 W 091° 04.321
15R E 683925 N 3439690
Camp Van Dorn
Waymark Code: WMH8WX
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 06/08/2013
Views: 7
Named for CSA General Earl Van Dorn, this U.S. Army Post served as a training camp from 1942-1945. The 99th ("Checkerboard") and the 63rd ("Blood and Fire") divisions trained here and fought in Europe, suffering over 10,000 casualties in such actions as the Battle of the Bulge, Remagen Bridge, the Colmar Pocket, and the Siegfried Line.
Date Installed:: 1992/1/1
Organization that placed the object:: Mississippi Department of Archives and History
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