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Related Historical Markers
By Mike Stroud, September 13, 2012
Camp Fannin Marker (center) seen along US 271 southwest bound
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| On U.S. 271 near Hillcrest Road (County Road 3177), on the right when traveling west. |
| | Numerous military bases were expanded or established throughout Texas during World War II. Originally planned as an Air Corps installation, construction of Camp Fannin began in late 1942. Named in honor of Texas revolutionary hero James Walker . . . — — Map (db m60597) HM |
| On U.S. 271 near Hillcrest Road (County Road 3177), on the right when traveling west. |
| | Camp Fannin was also the site of an internment camp, with the first prisoners of war (POWs) from Germany's Afrika Korps arriving in Oct. 1943. By early 1944, the military designated the site a POW base camp that administered a number of smaller . . . — — Map (db m60598) HM |
| On University Drive / Clinic Boulevard near U.S. 271, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The camp was named in honor of Col. James Walker Fannin, who was killed at the Battle of Goliad in the Texas Revolution. It opened in March, 1943, the first cadre from Camp Robinson, Arkansas arrived in March 1943 and the first trainees arrived in . . . — — Map (db m61703) HM WM |
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