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Fort Devens is a United States Army Reserve military installation in the towns of Ayer and Shirley, in Middlesex County and Harvard in Worcester County in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. Due to extensive environmental contamination it was listed as a superfund site in 1989.
The Fort Devens Historic District is a historic district roughly bounded by El Caney St., Antietam St., Sherman Ave., MacArthur Ave. and Buena Vista Street in Devens, Massachusetts, encompassing territory in both Ayer and Harvard.
The area operated as Camp Devens and later Fort Devens from 1917 to 1996. The Fort's sitting was due primarily to its location at a major hub of the rail network in New England. The U.S. Army base was officially closed in 1996 after 79 years of service. Some parcels were retained by the federal military for use as the Devens Reserve Forces ...
Air Force Bases. Otis Air Force Base [1] Westover Air Force Base [114] Centers. Air Force Electronic Systems Center [115] Facilities. Air Force Special Projects Production Facility [116] Post Attack Command and Control System Facility, Hadley [117] Hospitals. 551st United States Air Force Hospital (Otis AFB) [1] Westover Air Force Base Hospital ...
Camp Devens, which eventually became Fort Devens, was established in 1917, during World War I. The presence of thousands of military and civilian personnel on the base shifted Ayer's commercial development towards meeting their needs until Fort Devens was closed in 1996, but was reopened the next day as a reserve training area.
The remaining personnel at Fort Devens formed the basis of the 196th Infantry Brigade. By 1968 the division was stationed at Fort Carson, Colorado, as a mechanized formation. [17] 1st Brigade, 5th Infantry Division was dispatched to South Vietnam after the Tet Offensive to replace a U.S. Marine Corps unit.
Was: Camp Devens Airfield (1926–1934) Was: Fort Devens Airfield (1934–1977) Was: Moore Army Airfield (1945–1995) Now: Soon to be turned into an industrial park. Otis Army Air Field, Falmouth; 308th Air Base Squadron (Feb 1942)/308th Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron (June 1942), 10 February 1942–10 April 1944 143rd Army Air Force ...
The 76th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army.First formed as a cavalry regiment in 1916, the regiment was converted to field artillery in 1917, and served in Europe during World War I with the 3rd Division and as a separate battalion during World War II, as well as in peacetime at Fort Knox, KY, and Fort Devens, MA.