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BHOD was renamed "Black Hills Army Depot" (BHAD) in 1962. [1] Over the years, BHOD was used for storage and testing of chemical weapons, including sarin [4] and mustard gas. [5] Additionally, during World War II, the site also held Italian prisoners of war. [3] The Depot was closed on June 30, 1967, and the Igloo community was abandoned. [1]
The U.S. military maintains hundreds of installations, both inside the United States and overseas (with at least 128 military bases located outside of its national territory as of July 2024). [2] According to the U.S. Army, Camp Humphreys in South Korea is the largest overseas base in terms of area. [3]
Also known as Camp Collier, Camp Jennings, Military Station, and Camp Red Canyon. Camp Reynolds: Meade: ... Black Hills Ghost Towns (1st ed.). Chicago, IL: The ...
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Fort Meade, originally known as Camp Sturgis and later Camp Ruhlen, is a former United States Army post located just east of Sturgis, South Dakota, United States.The fort was active from 1878 to 1944; the cantonment is currently home to a Veterans Health Administration hospital and South Dakota Army National Guard training facilities.
The retained area is the remainder of 341,726 acres (1,382.92 km 2) federally acquired in 1942 under eminent domain at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (Oglala Sioux). [2] In addition to use by World War II aircraft, BBR was used for a post-war Army National Guard gunnery range and a Cold War Radar Bomb Scoring site.
The Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868) granted the Lakota Sioux and their northern Cheyenne allies a reservation, including the Black Hills, in Dakota Territory and a large area of "unceded territory" in what became Montana and Wyoming. Both areas were for the exclusive use of the Indians, and whites except for government officials, were forbidden ...
Black Hills National Cemetery, originally named Fort Meade National Cemetery, is a United States National Cemetery near Sturgis, South Dakota. Named after the nearby Black Hills , over 29,000 interments of military veterans and their family members have taken place since its founding in 1948.