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Camp Atterbury-Muscatatuck is a federally owned military post, licensed to and operated by the Indiana National Guard, located in south-central Indiana, 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Edinburgh, Indiana and U.S. Route 31. The camp's mission is to provide full logistical and training support for up to two brigade-sized elements simultaneously.
On 24 June 1967 a Vietcong (VC) mortar attack on Camp Rainier disabled 29 UH-1 helicopters of the 188th Assault Helicopter Company. [4] On 4 July 1968 the base was subjected to a heavy People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) rocket and mortar attack followed by probes on the base perimeter resulting in 5 U.S. and 16 PAVN killed.
The 3rd Brigade based at Dầu Tiếng Base Camp together with 2 ARVN infantry battalions also moved into the area locating numerous supply caches but few PAVN/VC. [ 1 ] : 28 At 02:00 on 15 December, PAVN mortar fire began hitting the 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry positions at Firebase Beauregard and then several hundred PAVN from the 7th ...
The 38th Infantry Division was activated at Camp Shelby, MS, and would serve in the Pacific from 1944-1945, earning the nickname "Avengers of Bataan." After World War II, the Army debated the necessity of a separate National Guard at all, deciding finally in 1947 to maintain the unique dual-status purpose of the National Guard.
Organized 25 August 1917 at Camp Meade, Maryland Demobilized 7 June 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 157th Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 79th Division Organized in November 1921 at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Wakeman General and Convalescent Hospital, Camp Atterbury, Edinburgh, Indiana [13] ... Republic of Vietnam, 25 November 1972 [78] 25th Evacuation Hospital, ...
Atterbury Air Force Base, Indiana, 15 June 1952 – 1 February 1953 [18] Vung Tau Air Field, Vietnam, 1 January 1967 – c. 1 July 1970 Cam Ranh Air Base , Viet Nam, c. 1 July 1970 – 15 October 1971
In June 1942 it was announced that a new airfield would be established near Camp Atterbury, a military training camp in south-central Indiana, approximately 12 miles (19 km) north of Columbus and 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Edinburgh. The 2,000-acre (8.1 km 2) airfield was initially called the Columbus Air Support Command base. [1]