Camp Tyson / Shannon McFarlin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McFarlin, Shannon, author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military camps--Tennessee--Henry County--History--Pictorial works.

Military camps.

Camp Tyson (Tenn.)--History--Pictorial works.

Camp Tyson (Tenn.).

United States. Army. Antiaircraft Barrage Balloon Battalion, 320th--History--Pictorial works.

United States.

Barrage Balloon Training Center (U.S.)--History--Pictorial works.

Barrage Balloon Training Center (U.S.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (199 pages).

Place of Publication:

Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

In 1941, Paris, Tennessee, became the home of Camp Tyson. The 2, 000-acre camp named for Knoxville World War I veteran Brig. Gen. Lawrence Tyson was built by some 800 laborers and consisted of 450 buildings including barracks, a hospital, and a theater. Over the course of World War II, the camp grew to about 6, 000 acres in size and served as a training ground for as many as 25, 000 servicemen, as well as a POW camp for many Germans and Italian prisoners. At Camp Tyson, soldiers trained to construct, maintain, and operate barrage balloons. These balloons were successfully used to provide anti-aircraft protection during World War I and again in World War II with the help of those trained in Henry County. However, the atomic bomb made barrage balloons obsolete, and after the war, Camp Tyson was decommissioned.

Contents:

Flying elephants

Why Henry County?

Paris opens its doors

The workforce

A soldier's life

Romance of the barrage balloons

Finding comfort

Soldiers segregated

Preparing for the end

Life after Camp Tyson.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781439659281

1439659281