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Fort McClellan. Coordinates: 33°42′39″N 85°44′14″W. Buckner Hall at Fort McClellan in 2014. Fort McClellan, originally Camp McClellan, is a decommissioned United States Army post located adjacent to the city of Anniston, Alabama. During World War II, it was one of the largest U.S. Army installations, training an estimated half-million ...
The airfield was built in the 1930s to support Army activities at Fort McClellan, used by observation aircraft for artillery spotting and general surveillance of maneuvers. It was named in honor of Henry J. Reilly, a soldier and journalist. [1] In 1942–1943, the airfield was phased down and left unused for many years.
George Brinton McClellan (December 3, 1826 – October 29, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 24th governor of New Jersey and as Commanding General of the United States Army from November 1861 to March 1862. He was also an engineer, and was chief engineer and vice president of the Illinois Central Railroad ...
Sacramento Air Logistics Center. Airfield information. Identifiers. FAA LID: MCC, WMO: 0724836. Elevation. 23 metres (75 ft) AMSL. McClellan Air Force Base (1935–2001) is a former United States Air Force base located in the North Highlands area of Sacramento County, 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Sacramento, California.
The German Italian Memorial Cemetery at the Fort McClellan United States Army post is the burial site for 26 German and three Italian World War II enemy combatants who had been interned at Fort McClellan at their time of death. The rules and practices of disposing of deceased enemy combatants is dictated by International Humanitarian Law, as ...
The Alabama Military Academy is a National Guard officer candidate training school located at the Fort McClellan Army National Guard Training Center in Fort McClellan, Alabama. [1][2] It was established in 1957 and has the motto "It shall be done." [1] The training center celebrated Fort McClellan's 100th anniversary in 2017. [3]
The 27th Division departed Fort McClellan on 14 December 1941 for California to establish blocking positions against a seaborne invasion of the United States southwestern coast. They were further transferred to the Pacific Theater of Operations and arrived in Hawaii, 21 May 1942, to defend the outer islands from amphibious attack.
From 1952 until 1999 the Chemical Corps School was located at Fort McClellan. Since its closure due to Base Realignment and Closure in 1999, the Army's Chemical Corps and the United States Army Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) School are located at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. There are approximately 22,000 members of the ...