Camp Claiborne - Forest Hill, Louisiana
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kwashnak
N 31° 04.384 W 092° 31.303
15R E 545625 N 3437797
Marker commemorating the location of Camp Claiborne, now a U.S. Forest Service area. At the entrance to the Camp forest, LA 165 at LA 112.
Waymark Code: WMP0PP
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 06/05/2015
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amp Claiborne
(Activated Oct. 1940 - Deactivated Dec. 1945)
Camp Claiborne was named for William C.C. Claiborne, first governor of the state of Louisiana. The camp was part of the 8th Service Command. It was also home for the US Army's 34th Infantry Division, the first American force sent to the European theater. The Camp's 23,000 acres were also the center of the famous "Louisiana Maneuvers", which were the largest peacetime war games ever conducted. Almost 500,000 American troops trained here between 1940-1945. When Congress deactivated the Camp, use of the land was returned to the US Forest Service.
Courtesy of the Kisatchie National Forest
Link to more information:: [Web Link]
Marker Name: Camp Claiborne
Marker Type: Roadside
What does marker relate to?: Other
Year Erected or Date Dedicated: 01/01/2015
Parish: Rapides
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