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Thomas Jr. Through archival photographs and vintage postcards this volume explores Fort Benning - one of the largest infantry bases in the world with more than 180000 acres - from the U.S. Army base's establishment outside Columbus Georgia in 1918; through the creation of the Infantry School of Arms where many future leaders - such as Bradley Eisenhower Marshall and Patton - trained; to the late 1970s.
You'll view the early wooden encampment the permanent buildup from the late 1920s through the early 1940s the Infantry School Doughboy Stadium Gowdy and Lawson Fields the jump towers the commandant's home on the former Bussey plantation military reviews presidential visits and much more. 128 pages approximately 200 B&W photographs 6½x 9¼ softcover.
You'll view the early wooden encampment the permanent buildup from the late 1920s through the early 1940s the Infantry School Doughboy Stadium Gowdy and Lawson Fields the jump towers the commandant's home on the former Bussey plantation military reviews presidential visits and much more. 128 pages approximately 200 B&W photographs 6½x 9¼ softcover.
