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Edinburgh Correctional Facility [1] is a minimum-security work camp located in the middle of Camp Atterbury, [2] a military training camp near Edinburgh, Indiana.The inmates work on the grounds of Camp Atterbury and on road crews with the Indiana Department of Transportation and park maintenance with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.
In January 1941 the U.S. War Department issued orders to consider potential sites for a new U.S. Army training center in Indiana.After the Hurd Engineering Company surveyed an estimated 50,000 acres (200 km 2), an area was selected for the camp in south-central Indiana, approximately 30 miles (48 km) south of Indianapolis, 12 miles (19 km) north of Columbus, and 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Edinburgh.
Edinburgh (/ ˈ ɛ d ɪ n b ɜːr ɡ /) is a town in Johnson, Bartholomew, and Shelby counties in the U.S. state of Indiana. [2] The population was 4,480 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Columbus, Indiana metropolitan statistical area. Edinburgh was named in honor of Edinburgh, Scotland and for many years was pronounced the same way.
Camp Atterbury is in south-central Indiana, about 4 miles west of Edinburgh and roughly 35 miles south of Indianapolis. John Tufts covers evening breaking and trending news for the Indianapolis Star.
The best spa hotels in Edinburgh At a glance. Best spa hotel in the city centre: The Sheraton Grand. Best luxury spa hotel: Gleneagles Townhouse. Best affordable spa hotel: Apex Hotel Waterloo Place.
In June 1942 it was announced that a new airfield would be established near Camp Atterbury, a military training camp in south-central Indiana, approximately 12 miles (19 km) north of Columbus and 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Edinburgh. The 2,000-acre (8.1 km 2) airfield was initially called the Columbus Air Support Command base. [1]
Camp Atterbury was established in 1942, training hundreds of thousands of Soldiers until the war's conclusion. The 38th Infantry Division was activated at Camp Shelby, MS, and would serve in the Pacific from 1944-1945, earning the nickname "Avengers of Bataan."
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