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Camp Ripley is a 53,000-acre (210 km 2) military and civilian training facility operated by the Minnesota National Guard near the city of Little Falls in the central part of the state. The location of the camp was selected in 1929 by Ellard A. Walsh, Adjutant General of the State of Minnesota.
Fort Ripley was a United States Army outpost on the upper Mississippi River, in mid-central Minnesota from 1848 to 1877. It was situated a few miles from the Indian agencies for the Ho-Chunk and Ojibwe in Iowa Territory and then the Minnesota Territory .
Visitors can step inside a rare 40 & 8 boxcar used to transport American troops and horses in France during World War I, or inspect one of Camp Ripley's ubiquitous “tin hut” and latrine exhibits outfitted c. 1965. Special Exhibits – In addition to permanent exhibits, the museum typically presents temporary exhibits on changing topics.
An instructor giving an officer candidate tactical advice during a training exercise at Camp Ripley, Minnesota. The Camp Ripley–based 175th Regiment Regional Training Institute provides combat arms, Military Occupational Specialty and leadership training to prepare soldiers and units for deployment at maximum combat readiness levels.
Fort Ripley was a United States military installation beginning in 1849 and lasting until 1877. [5] The fort, now a small part of Camp Ripley, was on the opposite side of the Mississippi River from Morrison County as the current city in Crow Wing County. The city of Fort Ripley was incorporated in 1927. [6]
Fort Ripley may refer to: Fort Ripley (South Carolina) , Charleston, South Carolina, now the site of the Fort Ripley Shoal Light Fort Ripley (Minnesota fort) , now known as Camp Ripley, Minnesota
The 99th Infantry Battalion (Separate) was a battalion of Norwegian-speaking soldiers in the US Army.Created in July 1942 at Camp Ripley, Minnesota, the battalion originally consisted of 1,001 soldiers. [1]
For at least 3 years, 1938–40, the regiment trained some 68 company-grade infantry officers of the 88th Division at Camp Ripley. The 135th Infantry was inducted into active federal service on 10 February 1941 and moved to Camp Claiborne , Louisiana , where it arrived on 27 February 1941.