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A HISTORY OF
FORT CAMPBELL
Fort Campbell, Kentucky
named in honor of Gvnerai
William Bowen Campbell, th
his Whig governor of Tennes-
se He was elected (lOeiflnl A
the First Tennessee Volunteers.
the'Bloody First', and is re-
membered in history as he led
the storming of Monterey in
1851, with the cry, "Boys. f f-
low me."
The pout is located beten
Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and
Clarksville, Tennessee, on the
Kentucky - Tennessee border
The site was selected on July
18, 1941. Construction began " a:
February 4, 1942. and within
a year the reservation. de'sig-
nated Camp Campbell, was de-
veloped into a 101,700-acre
training center to acem-mo-
date two armored divisions an(:
a variety of special troops.
Early in the summer of 1942
the post's initial cadre- one of-
ficer and 19 enlisted men- -
rived from Fort Knox, Ken
tucky. From that time until
the end of World War II. CampCampbell was
for the 12th,training ground
14th, and 20thArmored Divisions Headquar-
ters IV Armored Corps, and the
26th Infantry Division.In the spring of 1949,
thv
11th Airborne Division arrived
at Camp Campbell. following
ccupation duty in Japan. The
11th was it, residence here un-
til early 1956.
Meantime, in April 1950. the
post had become a permanent
:nstallation and had been re-
designated Fort Campbell.
On September 21, 1956, Sec-
retary of the Army Wilber M.
Brucker and the Army Chief of
Staff, General Maxwell D. Tay-
lor, presented the colors of the
101st Airborne Division to
Major General Thomas . Sher-
burne, Jr., the first command-
er of the new ROTAD airborne
division. This was the official
ceremony reactivating the
tamed "crnamingEagles" of
World War I.14;
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identification on these fourstalwart (A/119)
men who are
pictured here. The photo was
sent to us by John L. Quebbe-
mlan (A/119).Ross E. Bell, (3or-
don Wither and Walter Harder,
all of the 134th._
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REMEMBER
Vic. Challon
Historian
March 1944 ev-erybody w-as
looking at the bulletin board foranother furlough
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BRUMMEL" 1943
Bled by Cliarit. Semma., tG; D6
in the Eas;ter Parade at Cam;.,iiipbell. Ky
make a dashun:r, u43 Didn't h-
ig figure girls'RUGGED HELLCATS
N TEXAS
ture includes -back row , F:
Dodge KIA '. Robert Mohiney.
jDurward Jackson, Tony Sch-
weiger. Chester Buck and John
Skeen t Front Row, Alton Clo-ther. Harry Kettler These
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lows were men from B 714 and
we have Harry Kettler to thank
for the picture. AccordingHarry that isn't coffee in thoM
canteens.s 9bt[,tar ted
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go Gol- WOJG
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Roy E. 1)t
Miss Belle Brown singing a herty Jr B. Co. 23rd. rece:.
igientalRo I ellcated commendations from Gen
Rose, InHe-- -I oliday.-
714th rtr .A"atd
Carlos Brewer for saving
lile of PFC Gordon E Lamb
p i~ul returns to olofte
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12th after being at Fort Jack- e tranng of all person-.
son, S C Lt. E. W. Ricco and t their protection against ga-
PFC Jake Goldstein of the attack. Everything being made
92nd created Kilocyle Michael ready for two weeks at Hellcat
to cast an evil eye on all erring Camp. Last but not least all the
radio operators. ong faces because the Texam
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