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A portion of the present Fort Drum was first used as a military training site in 1908 when it was named Pine Camp; the following year land was purchased to develop the camp as an installation. The army had an earlier presence in the North Country from the early 19th century, prior to the War of 1812.
Fort Niagara and Pine Camp (now Fort Drum) maintained several sub or branch camps, including one Geneseo. [25] Fort Oglethorpe: Georgia Fort Oglethorpe: Fort Omaha: Nebraska Omaha: Fort Ord: California A 120 feet (37 m) nearly completed escape tunnel was discovered by authorities. [26] Fort Patrick Henry: Virginia Fort Reno: Oklahoma Fort Riley ...
The earliest hospital at Fort Drum was a 540-bed mobilization hospital in the old post 2400 area, constructed during the period of 1942-44 while the post was still known as Pine Camp. [1] When the post was redesignated as Camp Drum [2] in 1951, parts of the hospital remained in order to support the reserve training mission of the installation ...
Madison Barracks was the U.S. Army's primary post in upstate New York until Pine Camp (later renamed Fort Drum) was opened in 1908. Madison Barracks remained an active military installation through the end of World War II, to 1947. [3]
Today, the space is used as a free event space for the greater Fort Drum community and museum. As a part of their mission to identify, protect, and manage the ancestral places and historic era archeological sites, Cultural Resources works to preserve one of Fort Drum's most valued historic resources, the LeRay Mansion. [16]
For the next 13 years, the division served as a traditional line Infantry division, training annually at Camp Edwards, Massachusetts and at Pine Camp (now Fort Drum), New York. In May 1959, the Division was re-designated and reorganized as the 76th Division (Training) with the mission of training initial (basic) entry soldiers of various ...
The 4th Armored Division was activated during World War II on 15 April 1941 with 3,800 men (10,000 by the end of May 1941) from various other units, at Pine Camp (Camp Drum, 1951; Fort Drum, 1974), New York under its first Commanding General, Brigadier General Henry W. Baird.
The 37th Armored Regiment (37th Armor) was constituted 13 January 1941 in the Regular Army as the 7th Armored Regiment (7th Armor) and assigned to the 4th Armored Division (4th Armored) when the Armored Division was activated on 15 April 1941 at Pine Camp (now Fort Drum), New York. The 7th Armor Regiment was redesignated the 37th Armored ...