Camp Claiborne (3)

Camp Claiborne (3) (1930-1945) - A World War II era U.S. Army training camp first established as Camp Evangeline in 1930 near Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana. Renamed Camp Claiborne after William C. C. Claiborne Louisiana's first governor. Abandoned in 1945. History Established in 1930 as Camp Evangeline. Construction began in 1940 on the site about two and a half miles long and one and a half miles wide, encompassing some 3,100 acres. The first units to arrive for training in December 1940 were companies E, G, and H of the 22nd Infantry. Nearly a half-million troops trained at Camp Claiborne before it was A portion of the camp was used to accommodate prisoners of war. The Camp was deactivated on 15 Dec 1945. More than 7,000 buildings on the post were sold at a public sale in March 1947. Current Status It was located in the Evangeline Division of the Kisatchie National Forest, about 17 miles southwest of Alexandria, in Rapides Parish. {"selectable":false,"height":"-500","width":"-500"} Location: Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana. Maps & Images Lat: 31.07056 Long: -92.54889 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: 217' GPS Locations: 31.07056, -92.54889 Camp Claiborne See Also: Sources: Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 334. USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Database Entry: 2101584 Links: North American Forts - Camp Claiborne Wikipedia - Camp Claiborne Visited: No