Re: [MV] WW II Military training camps in NH ??

From: Thomas M McHugh (tmmchugh@juno.com)
Date: Fri May 11 2001 - 19:59:17 PDT


FORT WOLTERS ??? Near Mineral Wells TX ??? That was my home base
while in the Aviation Engineers, SCARWAF. Special Category Army
Attached With Air Force. At that time it was WOLTERS AIR FORCE BASE.

Tom McHugh, NJ
52 M38A1
MVPA, MTA

On Fri, 11 May 2001 21:32:56 -0500 Pike Bishop
<wildbunch1@mindspring.com> writes:
> Camp Wolters and Camp Hood here in Texas are now Fort Wolters and
> Fort Hood.
> Wolters was always an aviation meca I believe. During Vietnam, it
> was primary
> helicopter flight training (T-55's), before going to advance
> training at Rucker.
> Hood is well known as the armor and mech infantry post. While Fort
> Wolters is
> now defunct (Texas State Rifle Assoc maintains a 1000 yard rifle
> range there),
> Fort Hood is of course still blowing and going and is the largest
> military
> installation (I think), in the world.
>
> Pete & Renee Davis wrote:
>
> > The Mountain Division was also stationed at Fort Ethan Allen in
> Jericho, VT.
> > I had to make a couple of deliveries there when I drove for a
> small freight
> > outfit near Burlington. One of the shipments consisted of boxes of
> night
> > vision goggles, and the count was one box short. The officer in
> charge was
> > not very happy. I distinctly remember seeing several of those
> articulated
> > Haaglund snow machines in the motor pool.
> >
> > GE also test fired the miniguns they made in South Burlington at
> Fort Ethan
> > Allen. They set them up under corrugated sheet metal awnings and
> chewed holes
> > in a gravel bank. I got to hear one once. Imagine the fastest drum
> roll you
> > ever heard, using sledge hammers on a boiler. Wouldn't want to be
> on the
> > wrong end of that.
> >
> > Pete Davis
> > pandr@cybertours.com
> >
> > Thomas M McHugh wrote:
> >
> > > Ken,
> > >
> > > The Army has & had many bases that were Camps in the 50s & 60s.
> Forts
> > > in the 60s & 70s. Now camps again for a few.
> > >
> > > Camp Pickett VA in 50s I believe was upgraded later.
> > >
> > > Camp Drum NY (Pine Camp) was then upgraded to Fort Drum & the
> Mountain
> > > Division was stationed there full time.
> > >
> > > I am sure there are many more.
> > >
> > > Tom McHugh, NJ
> > > 52 M38A1
> > > MVPA, MTA
> > >
> > > On Fri, 11 May 2001 01:44:08 EDT Recovry4x4@aol.com writes:
> > > > It was my understanding that Forts were Army and Camps were
> Marines.
> > > > Now I
> > > > don't know!
> > > >
> > > > Kenneth Engle
> > > > Loxahatchee, FL
> > > > '52 Stude M-275 tractor
> > > > '78 Casemaster Pioneer Tool Trailer
> > > > Recovry4x4@aol.com
> > > >
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