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	History of Camp Swift, Texas - The Bastrop, Texas Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The following History of Camp Swift, Texas is taken from The New Handbook of Texas published by The Texas State Historical Association in 1996.
		Swift was the largest army training and transshipment camp in Texas.
		Environmental-impact studies and development plans for the mining of extensive lignite deposits under Camp Swift began in the 1970s.
	www.bastroptexas.net /history/camp_swift.htm (285 words)

	Camp Swift Texas Resource Guide, City or community of Camp Swift, Texas Facts, Information, Relocation, Real Estate, ...
		The population of Camp Swift is approximately 2681.
		The distance from Camp Swift to Washington DC is 1326 miles.
		Camp Swift is positioned 30.19 degrees north of the equator and 97.29 degrees west of the prime meridian.
	www.usacitiesonline.com /txcountycampswift.htm (260 words)

	Camp Swift
		The Camp Swift training site provides a training environment for military and civilian organizations with training areas and facilities on a year round basis, to accommodate up to a battalion size.
		Camp Swift provides training areas with ranges for guns as small as hand guns to fields for tanks and artillery.
		Camp Swift was officially activated with a flag-raising ceremony on May 4, 1942.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/camp-swift.htm (989 words)

	Camp Swift - WWII Prisoner of War camp in Bastrop County, Texas.
		Camp Swift - WWII Prisoner of War camp in Bastrop County, Texas.
		Camp Swift was planned in 1940 and it’s nearly 3,000 buildings were constructed in an incredible 120 days in early ’42, at a cost of $25, 000, 000.
		Camp Swift prisoners were sent to England for two more years where they helped clean up some of the mess (and presumably were told not to do it again) before they were sent back to two Germanys.
	www.texasescapes.com /FEATURES/Camp_Swift/feature_camp_swift.htm (1401 words)

	Murder at Camp Swift 1942, The Tragic Death of Little Lucy Maynard.
		Of all the Army training camps in Texas, Swift was by far the largest, even without counting the attached Prisoner of War barracks.
		Since the school was only two blocks from her house, a search was immediately ordered and MPs at Camp Swift were notified of the missing girl.
		Knapp showed up at the Camp Swift gate behind the wheel of the stolen car and was immediately placed under arrest.
	www.texasescapes.com /FallingBehind/Murder-at-Camp-Swift-1942-Texas.htm (928 words)

	Camp Swift, Texas Drug Rehab Alcohol Treatment Addiction Rehab Information Narconon Arrowhead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		When choosing a drug rehab center for yourself or a loved one from Camp Swift, Texas, it is important to become educated on the different types of drug rehab and what the end results are.
		West Texas serves as the gateway for narcotics destined to major metropolitan areas in the U.S., which is commonly referred to as the El Paso/Juarez Corridor.
		In Midland, Texas, crack cocaine use and distribution is at a level that is considered dangerous to the quality of life.
	www.stopaddiction.com /states/texas_drug_rehab_info~Camp+Swift.html (4187 words)

	Bastrop History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Camp Swift, Texas, officially designated as the 1849th Unit, Eighth Service Command, Army Service Forces, was a major training area for the united States Army and a focal point for the patriotic energies of Central Texans during World War II.
		The camp was active during the period of 1942-1946 and was considered one of the finer infantry training areas during World War II by the U.S. War Department.
		Upon completion, camp capacity was estimated at 45,000 officers and men and at one time during the height of training, 44,000 occupied the camp of 2,750 buildings.
	www.onr.com /user/mpape/history.htm (257 words)

	NPWRC :: Bird Checklists of the United States
		Camp Swift, established in 1942 as a major combat infantry training area for WWII, is now a Texas Army National Guard (TXARNG) training site.
		Training activities conducted at Camp Swift include basic infantry skills, tank maneuvers, combat engineering skills, helicopter operations, small arms and crew-served weapons firing, personnel/cargo air drops, and demolition.
		Camp Swift's 11,740 acres, located in north central Bastrop County on State Highway 95, are primarily in the Oak Woods (Post Oak/Blackjack Oak) and Prairies natural region and at the northern edge of and area known locally as "Lost Pines".
	www.npwrc.usgs.gov /resource/othrdata/chekbird/r2/campswif.htm (331 words)

	Zion Lutheran Church - Weiss, Victor
		Some went to Signal Corps, some to Chemical Warfare, some to Ordinance, etc. I was sent to newly formed 24th Signal Light Construction Battalion at Camp Swift, Texas (near Bastrop).
		Especially after stories in the camp paper that the new arrivals were battle-hardened veterans of the South Pacific.
		Camp Murphy had been a semi-secret RADAR training base and still had schools where students went to class from 6:30 to 11:00 and then were free to study, go to the beach, etc. So it wasn't much like the Army.
	lonestar.texas.net /~gdalum/veterans/weiss_victor.html (1364 words)

	Texas Sports Camp
		Camp Casey, Crawford, Texas - Camp Casey was the name given to the encampment of anti-war protesters outside the George W. Bush ranch in Crawford, Texas during his five-week summer vacation there in 2005, named after Iraq War casualty US Army Specialist Casey Sheehan.
		Camp Swift, Texas - Camp Swift is a census-designated place (CDP) in Bastrop County, Texas, United States.
		Camp County, Texas - Camp County is a county located in the U.S. Texas Lion's Camp - Texas Lion's Camp Provides, without charge, a camp for physically disabled, hearing/vision impaired, and diabetic children from the State of Texas.
	mainesports.usamsoc.com /texassportscamp.html (555 words)

	Camp Hale WAC Detachment -- Camp Crowder
		In June of 1944, the 10th Mountain Division transferred to Camp Swift, Texas.
		A large contingent arrived at Camp Crowder, Missouri, and another group went to the South Pacific.
		The conditions at Camp Crowder were dramatically different than those from Camp Hale.
	www.mscd.edu /~history/camphale/wac_003_crowder.html (188 words)

	144th Infantry Regiment
		The 144th, as the Fourth Texas Infantry, saw service in the Big Bend district of Texas, where it was distributed over approximately 600 miles of patrol territory, its detachments at one time covering 22 different stations.
		March 18, 1944 the 144th moved to Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi, as a special training unit to conduct advanced infantry training for inactivated tank destroyer and antiaircraft battalions.
		Movement was ordered and completed on January 1, 1945, to Camp Swift, Texas, with trainees who had not completed their training.
	www.texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org /144th.htm (1312 words)

	History of Bastrop, Texas (& Cedar Creek, McDade, Paige, Red Rock, Rockne, Rosanky, & Camp Swift) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		McDADE, TEXAS, on U.S. Highway 290 eight miles southeast of Elgin in northern Bastrop County, was established in 1869 in anticipation of the arrival of the Houston and Texas Central Railroad.
		Paige was established at the site of a railroad water tower on the newly built Houston and Texas Central Railway in 1872 and named for Norman Paige, a civil engineer, who had laid out the route of the railway.
		Red Rock, twelve miles southwest of Bastrop in southwestern Bastrop County, is said to have derived its name from a red rock used in building the chimney of first settler James Brewer's house in the early 1850s.
	www.bastroptexas.net /history/index2.html (470 words)

	Camp Swift, Texas - Real Estate, Homes, Property, Commercial
		If you are thinking about moving to Camp Swift, we can help you find a home, condo, luxury property or other real estate offered for sale.
		The weather for Camp Swift, Texas is reported by a local weather station using a combination of TAF and METAR reports from airports and weather stations in the area (ICAO).
		If you are moving to Camp Swift or any of the more than 1511 Texas cities you can contact us immediately.
	campswiftwebpage.com (666 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online:
		Camp Swift is bordered by U.S. highways 95 and 290 twenty-eight miles east of Austin and seven miles north of Bastrop in Bastrop County.
		It was built in 1942 on 55,906 acres and initially had 2,750 buildings designed to accommodate 44,000 troops.
		The Handbook of Texas Online is a joint project of The General Libraries at the University of Texas at Austin and the Texas State Historical Association.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/CC/qbc27.html (292 words)

	History of the 661st Tank Destroyer Battalion
		Confidence in field operations was engendered and further strengthened by additional training at Camp Swift, Texas.
		Combined operations with Armor at Camp Bowie, Texas, and Camp Chaffee, Arkansas, rapidly brought the Battalion to the climax of its training career.
		On December 22nd, 1944, the 661st entrained for Camp Shanks, New York, and on January 9th, 1945, embarked for the European Theater of Operations.
	www.69th-infantry-division.com /histories/661.html (1145 words)

	Welcome to the 97th Infantry Division
		After completing the basic training at Camp Swift, the Division participated in the Louisiana Maneuvers during the fall and winter of 1943-1944.
		As the 97th prepared for the invasion of Czechoslovakia, Flossenburg concentration camp was discovered in the Division's sector of the Bavarian forest.
		Because he had been with the Division since the days at Camp Swift, Partridge was a valuable source of information and provided a sense of continuity to the command.
	mywebpage.netscape.com /bob9hacker/historyp1.html (6519 words)

	Lineage and Honors - 144th Infantry Regiment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The Fourth and Sixth were combined at Camp Bowie, Fort Worth, Texas, to form the 144th on October 15, 1917.
		After a tour of four months at Camp Swift, Texas, the unit only had 12 officers and 117 enlisted men left who had left California in 1942.
		3d Armored Rifle Battalion, 144th was organized with HQ at Terrell, Texas in March, 1947, as the 147th Armored Rifle Battalion, and was redesignated as the 3/144th Infantry (Mechanized) in November, 1959.
	www.kwanah.com /txmilmus/36division/archives/144/144lin.htm (1268 words)

	Camp Swift Itself (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		After much lobbying by the Texas members of the House and the Senate, Camp Swift was chosen in July of 1941 to be one of the 14 new military camps to be built.
		Named after Texas native Major General Eben Swift, who fought in the Indian wars of 1876 and during World War I commanded Allied forces in Italy, the building of the camp required over 18,000 civilian men and women.
		In June of 1942, Camp Swift opened its doors to the first troops.
	www-bms.bastrop.isd.tenet.edu /swift98/csitself/campswif.html (301 words)

	Bastrop County, Texas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Bastrop County courthouse, designed in classical revival style, was built in 1883.
		Bastrop County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas.
		About 8.40% of families and 11.60% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.40% of those under age 18 and 13.30% of those age 65 or over.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bastrop_County,_Texas (413 words)

	Camp Swift, TX Houses, Apartments, Cars, Mortgage Status, and Residents Info
		Back to: Camp Swift main page, Texas, Texas smaller cities, Texas small towns, All US cities.
		Housing units in Camp Swift with a mortgage: 314 (6 second mortgage, 14 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
		Back to: Camp Swift, TX (don't miss, contains a wealth of additional information), Texas, All US cities.
	www.city-data.com /housing/houses-Camp-Swift-Texas.html (426 words)

	PFC George T Davis
		In December of that year, the entire Division was moved to Camp Patrick Henry, VA. and my grandfather, along with the rest of the 87th Regiment, embarked from Hampton Roads aboard the USS West Point, bound for Naples, Italy.
		The Division’s year training at the 9,200 foot high Camp Hale honed the skills of its soldiers to fight and survive under the most brutal mountain conditions.
		On June 22, 1944, the Division was shipped to Camp Swift, Texas to prepare for the Louisiana maneuvers of 1944, which were later canceled.
	www.tinaadenseskies101.com /Military1.html (1638 words)

	Legion of Valor Museum Volunteer Staff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		He went to Camp Swift in Texas for advanced training and then to Camp San Luis Obispo, California, for amphibious training.
		At Camp Swift, Texas, he was assigned to the 146(C) Engineer Battalion as the Headquarters Company Commander with the additional duty of Battalion Motor Officer.
		Upon completing boot camp he was transferred to Camp Elliot for further assignment, and ultimately to Coronado for amphibious training.
	members.aol.com /lvalor1890/pages/volstaff.html (2188 words)

	Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti: Post-War Appointments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		After short assignments at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma, and Camp Swift, Texas, Barsanti entered the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in February 1946.
		Infantry Regiment at Camp Carson, Colorado, when this photograph was taken in the summer of 1946.
		The relative tranquility of the Fort Leavenworth assignment was interrupted by an important assignment for Mark in Japan in August 1949, to serve in General Headquarters, Far East Command under General Douglas MacArthur.
	www.library.unt.edu /archives/barsanti/postwar.htm (296 words)

	Camp Swift, Texas (TX) Detailed Profile - relocation, real estate, travel, jobs, hotels, hospitals, schools, crime, news
		Back to Texas, TX smaller cities, TX small cities, All Cities.
		Camp Swift, TX residents, houses, and apartments details
		Camp Swift-area historical tornado activity is near Texas state average.
	www.city-data.com /city/Camp-Swift-Texas.html (903 words)

	Camp Hale WAC Detachment -- South Pacific
		In June of 1944, with the transfer of the 10th Mountain Division to Camp Swift, Texas, the WACs of Camp Hale prepared for reassignment.
		The detachment went to a number of posts but, the majority of women went to either Camp Crowder, Missouri, or to the South Pacific.
		Many WACs got jungle rot and were plagued by it for years to come.
	www.mscd.edu /~history/camphale/wac_003_pacific.html (218 words)

	Women Veterans Historical Collection
		I was sent to Camp Swift, [Bastrop] Texas, and I signed up for overseas duty.
		We were married in September of 1943 at Camp Swift, TX, and were only together a week.
		Oh, I forgot to tell you, then I went from there back to Texas to get married, where my husband was stationed, and it was during that week the nurses had gone through the infiltration course, I think, where you had to crawl on your stomach to go under the barbed wire and all that.
	library.uncg.edu /depts/archives/veterans/DeWantrans.html (6771 words)

	2nd Battalion - 87th Infantry Regiment
		As the battalion was conducting maneuvers in Jolan, California in November 1942, the Army was preparing a brand new camp to house the 87th on the Continental Divide at Camp Hale, Colorado, at 9,480 feet above sea level.
		On 20 December 1944, the 2-87 Mountain Infantry entrained from Camp Swift to Newport News, Virginia and embarked on the USS West Point.
		The 2-87 Mountain Infantry was inactivated in November 1945 at Camp Carson, Colorado.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/2-87in.htm (1256 words)

	Battalion History
		Arriving at Camp Swift, Texas, on 15 May 1943, the cadre immediately undertook preparations for the new-born battalion, and then proceeded in a training program designed to prepare the battalion for close-in support of infantry, the type of missions to be met under combat conditions.
		After setting up headquarters in Rott, Germany, it was decided to establish a rest camp, thereby enabling a rotation plan of rest for war-weary men.
		From the time the battalion entered combat on June 29th, 1944, until cessation of hostilities in Europe on May 9th, 1945, the unit expended a total of 152,257 rounds of HE and WP ammunition, and was in combat 315 days in the 11 months of actual combat on the continent.
	home.cinci.rr.com /chemvets/history.html (1995 words)

	Untitled Document
		Entered the Army Infantry in April 1944, trained at Camp Wolters, Camp Swift, Texas; served in Italy, Austria, and others; now on duty at Camp Carson, CO. Has ETO Ribbon with battle Stars and other Honors.
		Camp Howze, Texas,and Ft. Meade, MD; served in Ireland, Scotland, England, France, Poland, and Germany; now on duty at Camp Crowder, MO. Has Good Conduct, ETO Ribbons, Battle Starts, Expert Infantry, and Pres.
		Entered the Army in July, 1942, trained at Camp Robinson; and Ft Bliss, Texas; served in Hawaii and on the Gilberts, and Okinawa.
	www.hopkinscountytx.org /veterans/worldwarII1.htm (2197 words)

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