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The Human Liberty Bell at Camp Dix, including 25,000 people in 1918. Fort Dix was established on 16 July 1917, as Camp Dix, named in honor of Major General John Adams Dix, a veteran of the War of 1812 and the American Civil War, and a former U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, and Governor of New York. [13]
Coordinates (Air Base) (Army Base) (Naval Station): Type: US military Joint Base: Site information; Owner: Department of Defense: Operator: US Air Force: Controlled by: Air Mobility Command (AMC): Condition: Operational: Website: www.jbmdl.jb.mil: Site history; Built: 1916 (as Camp Kendrick) 1917 (as Camp Dix) 1937 (as Fort Dix Airport): In use: 2009 () – present (as Joint Base): Garrison ...
The 5th Brigade, 78th Division was constituted 5 August 1917, in the National Army as the 303rd Supply Train and assigned to the 78th Division. The Division organized December 1917 – May 1918 at Camp Dix, New Jersey.
The 77th Infantry Division was ordered into active military service on 25 March 1942 around a cadre of officers and men mostly drawn from the 8th and 30th Infantry Divisions. The initial enlisted fillers came from the northeastern United States, sent from Fort Devens, Fort Dix, Camp Upton, Fort Niagara, New York, and Fort George G. Meade, Maryland.
McGuire Air Force Base was established as Fort Dix Airport in 1937 and first opened to military aircraft on 9 January 1941. On 13 January 1948 the United States Air Force renamed the facility McGuire Air Force Base in honor of Major Thomas Buchanan McGuire Jr. , (1920–1945).
The 174th Infantry Brigade was first constituted on 5 August 1917 in the National Army. [5] It was organized on 25 August 1917 at Camp Dix, New Jersey, [6] and assigned to the 87th Division. [5] It never saw combat in World War I, like the other units of the 87th Division, the brigade was used for labor duties and a pool of reinforcements.
Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in New Jersey (5 P) Pages in category "Military installations in New Jersey" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total.
The 72nd Field Artillery Brigade is an AC/RC unit based at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. The unit is responsible for training selected United States Army Reserve and National Guard units along the East coast. The brigade is a subordinate unit of First Army Division East, First United States Army.