- Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Fort Benning, circa 1940
- Creator:
- Rogers, Kenneth, 1907-1989
- Date of Original:
- 1940
- Subject:
- Military training--Georgia--Columbus
Tents--United States
Military camps--United States
Military facilities--United States
Fort Benning (Ga.)
United States Army Infantry School
World War, 1939-1945--Georgia--Columbus - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Muscogee County, Columbus, 32.46098, -84.98771
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of tents set up at Fort Benning, southeast of Columbus, Georgia.
Fort Benning is an army base located southwest of Columbus, Georgia. The base is named after Brigadier General Henry L. Benning, a Confederate general who was a resident of Columbus. Established in 1918 as Camp Benning, the facility provided basic training for units participating in World War I. as well as the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion (an all African American unit, established in 1943 an transferred to Fort Bragg in 1945) and the US 2nd Armored Division (established in 1940 and deactivated in 1991). - Local Identifier:
- VIS 82.237.32
ahc082237032a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/Rogers/id/1629
- Extent:
- 4 x 5 in. black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
