Camp Connolly

Last updated March 17, 2019

Camp Connolly, near Atlanta, Georgia, was home to the US Army "Atlanta Ordnance Depot". [1]

While Camp Connolly was not one of the new World War II camps, 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 space, there was insufficient room for new recruits and some training units were housed in a section of the camp known as "Tent City".

World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. The vast majority of the world's countries—including all the great powers—eventually formed two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. A state of total war emerged, directly involving more than 100 million people from over 30 countries. The major participants threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. World War II was the deadliest conflict in human history, marked by 50 to 85 million fatalities, most of whom were civilians in the Soviet Union and China. It included massacres, the genocide of the Holocaust, strategic bombing, premeditated death from starvation and disease, and the only use of nuclear weapons in war.

A military camp or bivouac is a semi-permanent facility for the lodging of an army. Camps are erected when a military force travels away from a major installation or fort during training or operations, and often have the form of large campsites.

A barracks is a building or group of buildings built to house soldiers. The English word comes via French from an old Catalan word "barraca" (hut), originally referring to temporary shelters or huts for various people and animals, but today barracks are usually permanent buildings for military accommodation. The word may apply to separate housing blocks or to complete complexes, and the plural form often refers to a single structure and may be singular in construction.

The slogan at Connolly was "To Survive, you must know. To know, you must train. Training never ceases".

US Army Units activated or assigned

Company	Battalion	Activation/Assignment Date	Departure Date
3001st Ordnance Base Depot	139th Ordnance Base Automotive Maintenance	000000001943-03-15-0000March 15, 1943	000000001943-08-30-0000August 30, 1943

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References

↑ 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.

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[Dowell-1] 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.