US Army Training Center - Yearbook (Fort Bragg, NC)

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GENERAL JOHN T. KENNEDY AND GENERAL ALBERT J. BOWLEY The project constitutes a tribute to the workmen involved and to their directors. lt was a thorough test of the planning organization, and operating ability of the United States Army. Special tribute should be paid to Lieutenant General Jacob L. Devers, who at that time was Commanding General of the Post. The actual organization and supervision of this tremendous construction program was under the personal direction of Colonel Lawrence L. Simpson, the Constructing Quartermaster. By far the largest area of expansion and construction undertaken during this period was that of the Field Artillery Replacement Center, which became the largest center of its kind in the country. Rivaling the Replacement Center project was the construc- tion ofthe cantonment for the Ninth lnfantry Division, the largest unit at lfort Bragg at that time. Covering approxi- mately 500 acres. the Division Area was completed in ex- actly l07 days. Upon completion the entire Division was comfortably housed in the 623 buildings of the area. Hospitals, chapels, libraries, exchanges and service clubs were all built during this period. Two laundries the largest in North Carolina, a bakery with a production capacity of 40,000 pounds of bread daily, a Post Office building and three large cold storage units, each with sufficient capacity to supply 12,500 men for four days, were also built. Communi- cation facilities were established and miles of road were built. Sewage lines and water mains were established. Power lines and filtration plants were built. ln short Fort Bragg was ready to play its vital role in the war which was to come. During the summer of 1941 this nation saw the largest peace-time maneuvers ever engaged in by our Army. More than 4-00,000 men participated in the Carolina maneuvers. The officers and men of Fort Bragg played a large and suc- cessful part in these maneuvers and gained much valuable experience. When the Japanese attacked us on 7 December 194-1, the Station Complement under its newly appointed commander, Colonel John T. Kennedy, was ready to carry on with but one thought-Victory!

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