Camp Edwards is a former

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installation in

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home to the 82nd Engineer Company, C Company 702nd Maintenance Battalion, D Company, 2nd Medical Battalion, 2nd S&T Detachment and the 618th Medical Battalion (Dental). Named after

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recipient

Junior D. Edwards Junior Dean Edwards (October 7, 1926 – January 2, 1951) was a soldier in the United States Army during the Korean War. He posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his actions on January 2, 1951, during the First Battle of Wonju. Edwards jo ...

, the camp was closed in 2004 and its equipment was moved to Camp Casey. Following its closure, the land was purchased by

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Location

East compound: * Yeongtae-ri (영태리) in the Wollong-myeon sub-administrative district of Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do.

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{{Reflist Closed installations of the United States Army Edwards, Camp