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The United States declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917, during World War I. At Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, the American military set up a Medical Officers Training Camp (MOTC) called Camp Greenleaf. Authorized in May 1917 until it was decommissioned in December 1918, the camp trained 6,640 officers and 31,138 enlisted men. [1]
Cutler Army Community Hospital, Fort Devens, Massachusetts (1995) [14] [15] DeWitt Army Community Hospital, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. (2011) Named for Colonel Ogden Dewitt, former Chief of Surgery, Walter Reed General Hospital.
The 1918 Camp Greenleaf football team represented Camp Greenleaf of Fort Oglethorpe during the 1918 college football season. Jock Sutherland was on the team. [1] The team challenged Georgia Tech to a game, but Tech declined. Andrew W. Smith was the coach until he was selected in November 1918 to serve overseas. [2]
The post was declared surplus after World War II and sold. The final flag was lowered at 5:00 PM on December 31, 1946. The majority of the old post formed the nucleus for the present community of Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. Incorporated in February, 1949, it was the first city to be incorporated in Georgia after World War 2.
On August 16, 1917, he joined the United States Army and on September 14, he was commissioned a first lieutenant.Rodríguez Vargas was assigned to the Army Dental Reserve Corps and attended a course at the Medical Officer's Training Camp at Camp Greenleaf, Georgia before being sent overseas.
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Vol. 3, Part 2: Center of Military History Publication No. 23-4—Zone of the Interior: Territorial Departments, Tactical Divisions Organized in 1918, and Posts, Camps, and Stations. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of the Army. 1988 [1st. pub. GPO: 1949]. Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War. Vol. 3, Part 3: Center of ...
The 1918 All-Service football team consists of American football players of the United States military selected to the all-service football teams chosen by various selectors. All-Service players of 1918