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Camp Croft, South Carolina
US Army Infantry Replacement Training Center
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Camp Blanding, FL - The 30th Infantry
Division
and 508th PIR trained here from 1940 to 1943, and in August 1943 the
camp
became an IRTC. |
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Camp Croft, SC - Construction began December
1940 and completed May 1941. The first troops began training March 7,
1941. Training at the camp
ceased in 1946. |
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Camp Fannin, TX - Activated September 1943, the camp was created by
combining
the IRTCs at Camp Robinson and Fort McClellan. The campus of
the University
of Texas Health Center at Tyler is located on the former grounds of the
Station
Hospital. The camp closed January 1946. |
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Camp
Hood, TX - Home of the Tank Destroyer RTC since October
1942,
the IRTC was activated in March 1944. Renamed Fort Hood in 1950, the
post
is now the home of the III Armored Corps. |
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Fort McClellan, AL - Originally a Branch
Immaterial RTC which was converted to Infantry in January 1943 and
moved to Camp Fannin in September 1943. |
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Camp
Roberts,
CA - One of the original IRTCs. Construction began
November
1940 and completed June 1941. The first troops arrived March 15, 1941.
The
IRTC at the camp closed in 1946 although it continues to operate today
as
a National Guard training camp. |
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Camp Robinson, AR - Originally home to a Medical
and Branch Immaterial
RTC, the BIRTC was converted to Infantry in January 1943 and moved to
Camp
Fannin in September 1943. |
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Camp Rucker, AL - Camp Rucker was activated as
the training camp
of the 81st Infantry "Wildcat" Division and became an IRTC on February
12,1945.
The 65,000 acre camp was located in Southeast Alabama near the city of
Dothan.
The camp, now known as Fort Rucker, is an active US Army installation. |
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Camp
Wheeler, GA - Originally built as a WWI training camp in July
1917, Camp Wheeler
was rebuilt and reopended as an IRTC on March 15, 1941. Less than
15,000
acres in size, the camp was able to house over 25,000 servicemen and
4,700
German POWs. The camp was closed Jan. 19, 1946 |
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Camp
Wolters, TX - The summer training camp of the 56th
Brigade, Texas National Guard since 1925, Wolters was one of the first
IRTCs and much
later, as Fort Wolters became the primary Army Helicopter school before
closing
in 1975. War-time troop capacity of the 7,500 acre camp peaked at
24,973
men and Audie Murphy went through his basic training at Wolters! The
IRTC
closed in January 1946. |
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