Title	Camp Forrest arrival of troops; Tennessee National Guard units arrival, 1941 March 04
Corporate name	Camp Forrest (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Topical entry	World War, 1939-1945--History--Sources Military training camps--Tennessee, Middle World War, 1939-1945--History--Sources
Geographic entry	Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources Tennessee, Middle--History--Sources Coffee County (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Description	Pictured: Soldiers eating together at the mess hall at Camp Forrest. The military training facility was built near Tullahoma, Tennessee as a National Guard Camp in 1926. During World War II, Camp Forrest was one of the Army’s largest training bases for infantry, artillery, engineer, and signal organizations. It also served as a hospital center and temporary encampment area for troops during maneuvers. Large scale war games were conducted in an area around Camp Forrest as America conducted a full dress rehearsal for the coming invasion in Europe. William Northern Field, an air training base, was an addition for war preparation. Camp Forrest officially became a prisoner of war camp May 12, 1942. Initially the camp held civilian detainees who were incarcerated under a program called “Alien Enemy Control.” During the World War II, hundreds of thousands of military soldiers trained in the Tennessee Maneuvers area. Forms part of Record Group 412, Photographs Collection. 1 photograph
Publisher	Metropolitan Nashville/Davidson County Archives, Nashville Public Library
Date	1941-03-04
Type	Still Image; Negatives
Format	image/jpeg
Identifier	RG 412 259 Camp Forrest arrival of troops TN Ntl Guard units 4 March 1941 010
Relation	Record Group 412
Coverage	1940-1949
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Location	Closed Stacks, Metro Archives RG 412