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Camp Blanding, Florida, birthplace of the 63rd Infantry Division is also the
location of a memorial to the over *8000 battle casualties suffered by the Division
during World War II.(*Note: This figure has increased to a little over 9000 based
on more recent detailed review of morning reports and other operational reports.
In fact this figure changes almost daily as we find new casualties listed in
documents under review by the Association Historian)
Photos of the memorial are shown below

Honor guard at 63rd Infantry Division Memorial, Camp Blanding, Florida
during 1994 annual reunion.

Division Veterans pose along side of the Division Memorial in Camp
Blanding, Florida. 1994 Jacksonville Reunion.

Grady McCoy, G Company, 254th stands guard over the 63rd Infantry
Division Memorial at Camp Blanding Florida. (Thanks to Grady for this
photo and those at the bottom of this page)

If you plan to visit this memorial,it is located just behind the Camp Blanding
Museum and Gift Shop. In the museum you will find displays outlining the history
of General Blanding, for whom the camp is named; the construction of the camp
and of the 22,000 civilians involved; pictorial displays showing the nine (9)
Infantry Divisions that trained at Camp Blanding from November 1940 to July
1943. There you will also find displays for the Infantry Replacement Training
Center that started up in June of 1943 and operated until the end of the war. One
area includes a display devoted to the German POW Camp located at Camp
Blanding. Another area covers the Florida National Guard units that fought in
WWII. The remainder of the museum is devoted to World War II in general.
There is a section for the Pacific Theater as well as the European Theater. One
area includes a display of the forty-eight (48) Medal of Honor recipients from the
nine (9) divisions training at Camp Blanding. There is a fairly extensive weapons
collection of allied and Axis forces. Women's service during WWII is also shown
as well as a display covering the "Home Front". On the museum grounds there
are monuments for the nine (9) divisions that trained at Camp Blanding as well as
a monument to the IRTC. There are also monuments for POWs, MOH
recipients,and those who earned the Purple Heart Medal. The surrounding area
also includes larger equipment such as a half-track, Sherman tank, Duck,
Ambulance, C-47 and several artillery pieces.

The museum also has available a number of 63rd Infantry Division memorabilia
items for sale. These items are listed in our Memorabilia Pages.

e-mail address: parsonsg@fl-arng.ngb.army.mil

Mailing address: Camp Blanding Museum, Route 1, Box 465, Starke, FL,
32091-9703.

Telephone: 904-533-3196

Additional Photos of the 63rd Infantry
Division Memorial at Camp Blanding
Florida.

Go to the Infantry Museum, Ft Benning, Ga Memorial