Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi
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| Death of Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi |
| After the 63rd Infantry Division left Camp Van Dorn in late 1944, no other division size unit was stationed there and it died a slow death and was declared surplus and closed after the war. Very little remains of the infrastructure except for a few roads here and there. The following pictures were furnished by Ron Caulfield of Jackson Mississippi. These photos show some of the remains of what was once a teeming active camp filled with over 20,000 soldiers.. As you can see from these pictures, Mother Nature has a way of reclaiming almost everything. The only (partial) barracks left at Camp Van Dorn is a building shown below, located on 25th Street. It was the 3rd barracks between 16th and 17th Avenues, possibly in the 2d Bn, 255th Infantry area. The barracks shown is on the original foundation, but has been reduced in size (length), a porch was added and it is used as a hunting club. The grease rack picture is located on 15th Avenue between 21st and 23rd Street. Might have been the Motor Pool of the 1st or 2d Bn 255th Infantry. The concrete reservoir pictured below is located west of 13th Avenue. It is near and west of the area occupied by th 718th FA Bn. |
