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Camp Forrest / Elizabeth Taylor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Taylor, Elizabeth (Local historian), author.
- Series:
- Images of America.
- Images of America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Military training camps--Tennessee--Tullahoma--History--Pictorial works.
- Military training camps.
- World War, 1939-1945--Tennessee--Tullahoma--Pictorial works.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Soldiers--Tennessee--Camp Forrest--History--Pictorial works.
- Soldiers.
- Camp Forrest (Tenn.)--History--Pictorial works.
- Camp Forrest (Tenn.).
- Tullahoma (Tenn.)--History, Military--Pictorial works.
- Tullahoma (Tenn.).
- World War (1939-1945).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (127 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2016]
- Summary:
- Camp Forrest was a training, induction, and combatant prisoner-of-war (POW) facility located on the outskirts of Tullahoma, Tennessee. It was a self-sustaining city where over 70, 000 soldiers were stationed and approximately 12, 000 civilians were employed throughout World War II. In 1942, the camp transitioned to an enemy alien internment camp and was one of the first civilian internment camps in the United States. By the middle of 1943, it had transitioned into a POW camp and housed primarily German and Italian prisoners. After the war ended, the base was decommissioned and dismantled in 1946. In 1951, the area was recommissioned and expanded into the US Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Complex. Few remains of this important World War II facility exist today; however, the images within provide a glimpse into the effects and realities of a global war on American soil.
- Contents:
- Camp Peay: a precursor to war
- Camp Forrest: preparation for war
- War machines: World War II weapons on the front
- Training for war: techniques for survival
- Tennessee maneuvers: practicing for war
- Visitation and celebration: downtime while waiting for war
- Tullahoma: the neighboring town
- POW's: the aftermath of war.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781439656358
- 1439656355
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