The Carolina Maneuvers were a series of
United States Army
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exercises held around Southern
North Carolina
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and Northern
South Carolina
)''Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no)
, anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind"
, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
, LargestMetro = ...
in 1941. The exercises, which involved some 350,000 troops, was designed to evaluate United States training,
logistics
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,
doctrine
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, and commanders.
References
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THE U.S. ARMY GHQ MANEUVERS OF 1941
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1941 in North Carolina
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