1946

Jan, 1946 - All captured Japanese aircraft now at Freeman Field to be sent to  Middletown Air Depot.

Jan 18, 1946 - Wakeman Probe and Camp Crier merge at CAMP ATTERBURY.  Wakeman General Hospital Radio Station W.A.K.E. ceases operations.

Feb 2, 1946 - Let's Make CAMP ATTERBURY Into Bartholomew University, Says Representative Wilson. Local Congressman Suggests Atterbury Be Used for Ex-Service Men.

Deb 22, 1946 - "Sioux City Sue" leads CAMP ATTERBURY jukebox hit parade.

March 20, 1946 - Atterbury officer one of victims of plane crash.

April 19, 1946 - Nazi soldiers captured after fleeing CAMP ATTERBURY.  US Army Sgt and an Indianapolis civilian arrested by FBI, accused of aiding the third escape of two German POWs  Paul Schneider ,27 and Heinz Bialas, 25 from CAMP ATTERBURY.  Bialas had been a member of Hitler's Afrika Korps and a prisoner for three years. The Army Sgt picked up the POWs at their Mess Hall in a car stolen from a CAMP ATTERBURY officer.  It was the third time they had escaped for weekend and overnight visits with Indianapolis friends.  The POWs were also charged with illegally wearing US Army uniforms.

May 1, 1946 - 100 buildings at Freeman Field declared surplus and available for Federal Public Housing Authority for Veteran Housing.  Buildings to be removed.

May 9, 1946 - Captured enemy aircraft relocated from Freeman Field to Chicago-Park Ridge.  Twenty by rail and forty-seven by flight.  Fifteen captured enemy aircraft transferred from Freeman Field to Douglas Aircraft Plant, Chicago, Illinois. -- CAMP ATTERBURY Personnel Center To Close. Inductions and Discharges To Cease July 31. Major Cut in Center's Civilian Workers Set for July 1st.

June 4, 1946 - $50,000 DAMAGE CAUSED. Theater No. 4 at CAMP ATTERBURY Destroyed.

June 6, 1946 - Fifteen American experimental aircraft transferred from Freeman Field to Tucson, Arizona for storage.

June 7, 1946 - Seven American experimental aircraft transferred from Freeman Field to Orchard Place Airport, Park Ridge, Illinois.  Twenty-two American experimental aircraft transferred from Freeman Field to Davis Monathan Field, Tucson, Arizona. -- Army Secrecy Veils Shooting of Colonel Bixby, CAMP ATTERBURY Post Commander..

June 8, 1946 - Brig. Gem Bixby leaves and Col. Herbert K. Glidden assumes command of CAMP ATTERBURY

June 15, 1946 - Final edition of  CAMP ATTERBURY's Camp Crier weekly newspaper.

June 24, 1946 - The entire 38th Infantry Division was allotted to Indiana and it no longer shared troop strength with Kentucky and West Virginia.

June 27, 1946 - The last of the German POWs depart CAMP ATTERBURY.

June 29, 1946 - Colonel Bixby Is Transferred. CAMP ATTERBURY Commander Relinquishes Post After Year of Service.

July 7, 1946 - CAMP ATTERBURY POW Camp Is Empty.  POW Camp Closed June 27, 1946

July 24, 1946 - Patients and Doctors leave Wakeman General Hospital for Percy Jones Hospital, Battle Creek, Michigan.

July 28, 1946 - Sgt Joseph J. Stuphar of Poland, Ohio is last man to be separated from the service at the CAMP ATTERBURY Separation Center.

Aug 1, 1946 - DISCHARGE UNIT CLOSES UP SHOP AT ATTERBURY. Once Giant Separation Center Breathes Last After 577,445 Releases. THIRD OF CAMP DOWN.  Headquarters, Service Units, M. P. Battalion Function Along With Hospital.

Aug 10, 1946 - CAMP ATTERBURY presents typical picture of big camp approaching death bed. Vast Military Plant is Slowly Closing Up Shop.

Aug 15, 1946 - Col Glidden leaves and Col John L. Gammell assumes command of CAMP ATTERBURY. -- POW Camp at Atterbury to be dismantled, sold.

Aug 27, 1946 - US Property & Disbursal Officer (USP&DO) for Indiana receives rescindable permit for use of selected CAMP ATTERBURY facilities.

Sept, 1946 - Col Carter A. McLennan become CAMP ATTERBURY Post Commander.  Had been Prisoner of War of the Japanese for 3 1/2 years.  Member of Lt Gen Jonathan M. Wainwright's staff at the surrender of Corregidor and Bataan in May, 1942.

Oct 16, 1946 - Hermann Göring commits suicide two hours before his scheduled execution.

Oct 19, 1946 - Col Gammell leaves and Col Carter R. McLlennan assumes command of CAMP ATTERBURY

Nov 22, 1946 - Wakeman General Hospital Closes.  Governor Urges Wakeman Use For Mental Patients.

Dec. 31, 1946 - CAMP ATTERBURY and Wakeman General Hospital  placed in temporary inactive status.  General Order No. 8.