Camp Connolly, near
Atlanta, Georgia
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, was home to the
US Army
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"Atlanta Ordnance Depot".
[''History of 3001 Co.'', Ce travail a été exécuté sur les presses des étab: René Mestivier; 101 Ter. Rue Henri-Barbusse a Aubervilliers (Siene), Paris, France, pg 8.]
While Camp Connolly was not one of the new
World War II
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, it had been used by the Army for many years as an ordnance depot. When the United States declared war, it mushroomed into a training camp for Ordnance Troops with numerous barracks and buildings being built. In spite of this increase in
barracks
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space, there was insufficient room for new recruits and some training units were housed in a section of the camp known as "Tent City".
The slogan at Connolly was "To Survive, you must know. To know, you must train. Training never ceases".
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