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Army trucks lined up at Blanding, likely after 1940. Camp Blanding was established in 1939 on 30,000 acres (12,000 ha) as a training facility for the Florida National Guard after its previous training base, Camp Foster, on the St. Johns River near Jacksonville had been taken over by the Navy for Naval Air Station Jacksonville.
Upwards of 200 German Prisoners of War were moved to Venice AAF in February 1945 from Camp Blanding. POWs were assigned various manual labor details. POWs were assigned various manual labor details. Some worked in the motor pool and others were permanently assigned performing various civil engineering duties such as electricians, plumbing ...
Its headquarters are located at Camp Blanding in Florida. As of 2023, the battalion is commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Ben Ruffner [1] and As of 2023, Command Sergeant Major Jose Cardona. Six companies are part of the 927th Combat Service Support Battalion: 356th Quartermaster Company; 914th Quartermaster Company
Eglin Air Force Base, a United States Air Force base located southwest of Valparaiso, Florida, was established in 1935 as the Valparaiso Bombing and Gunnery Base.It is named in honor of Lieutenant Colonel Frederick I. Eglin, who was killed in a crash of his Northrop A-17 pursuit aircraft on a flight from Langley to Maxwell Field, Alabama.
The 43rd Division was mobilized for federal service on 24 February 1941. The 43rd was originally sent to Camp Blanding, Florida where it was based prior to participating in the Louisiana Maneuvers of 1941 and the Carolina Maneuvers later that same year. The division relocated to Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 14 February 1942. On 19 February 1942 ...
Pre-mobilization at Camp Blanding, FL in October, 2009. 2008 recruitment poster for the "Darkhorse" Squadron. First Squadron, 153rd Cavalry Regiment "Darkhorse" is an element of the Florida Army National Guard, headquartered in Panama City, Florida with units throughout the Panhandle.
The 124th Infantry conducted its annual summer training period at Camp Joseph E. Johnston or Camp J. Clifford R. Foster, Florida, and some years at Camp McClellan, Alabama. The regiment was inducted into active federal service at Jacksonville on 24 November 1940, and moved to Camp Blanding, Florida , where it arrived on 18 December 1940.
The 643rd Tank Destroyer Battalion was a tank destroyer battalion of the United States Army active during the Second World War.. The battalion was activated at Camp Blanding on 15 December 1941, in line with the reorganisation of the anti-tank force, by redesignating the Provisional Antitank Battalion of the 43rd Infantry Division.