Camp Crockett | |
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Southwest of Augusta, Georgia | |
Site information | |
Owner | United States Federal Government |
Controlled by | United States Army |
Site history | |
In use | 1967–1969 |
Garrison information | |
Garrison | Fort Gordon |
Camp Crockett was established in late 1967 on the Fort Gordon, Georgia, federal reservation for the training of soldiers preparatory to Airborne and Special Forces schools during the Vietnam war. [1]
Located on an isolated part of the installation, the camp included a mockup of a village set up to look like one that would be encountered in Vietnam. [1] [2] [3] Soldiers training at the camp were housed in Quonset huts, one of which served as a field kitchen. [2] [3]
Abandoned in 1969, the locations of the Quonset huts are marked by concrete slabs in a pine forest planted as part of a reforestation project instituted in 1970. [2] [3]
In 2010, news reports indicated that Agent Orange herbicide was applied by helicopter to 98 acres of Training Area 47 in July 1967 prior to the establishment of Camp Crockett. [3]