US Army Training Center - Yearbook (Fort Dix, NJ)

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BLUE DENIIVIS AND '03 RIFLES f f ,f .,f .rf ' ' WAR II BUILDINGS THE PAST . The post was originally established as Camp Dix on July 16, 1917. During World War l it developed into one of the largest training centers in the nation. After the 1918 Armistice it reduced its garrison and trained Reserve units. Site of a Civilian Conservation Corps installation in the 1930's, it became, as Fort Dix, a permanent post in 1939. In 1940 a Reception Center was built to process those inducted under the existing Selective Service Act. During World War ll ten Infantry Divisions and many smaller units trained here for overseas duty. After the War in 1945, Fort Dix established a Separation Center that turned 1,250,000 soldiers into civilians again. Fort Dix has continued as a training Center in the post-World War ll years, through the Korean War to the present day. THE PRESENT . D D ,ff-'f' fm' I . 1 . . Q

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