Garand Picture of the day # 179 Ft Sheridan 1942

[Mark in Rochester]

Training 1942 - Demonstrating the army way of doing a face plant


Fort Sheridan became a mobilization, training, and administrative center beginning with the Spanish-American War in 1898. During World War II, over 500,000 men and women were processed through military service. Many army officers who later became famous lived there, including George Patton and Jonathan Wainwright. The 174th Military Police Battlion of the Leavenworth, Kansas National Guard was stationed there in 1950. From 1953 to 1973, Fort Sheridan was the Cold War base for servicing and supplying all Nike antimissile systems in the upper Midwest. After 1973 the post again housed administrative and logistical support services.

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