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Camp Atterbury published articles
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04/25/1944 Franklin Star Open House at Camp Atterbury for prospective WACS
04/26/1944 Franklin Star Two new Ordnance Units activated at Atterbury. Hq & Hq Detachment of the 210th Ordnance Battalion and 417th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company.
04/27/1944 Franklin Star Heavy tanks give Atterbury a spring plowing.772nd Tank Bn.
05/01/1944 Franklin Star Seven Camp Atterbury officers obtain promotions during week.
05/01/1944 Franklin Star 161,144 Camp Atterbury soldiers ride to Franklin by bus in 1943.
05/01/1944 Franklin Star Post Commander presents first ball as Attaboys begin baseball season.
05/01/1944 Franklin Star "Old Timer" steam engine # 6972 doing daily duty at Camp Atterbury
05/03/1944 Columbus Capt. Hennessy Directs Psychologists at Camp Atterbury
05/05/1944 Franklin Star Post Who's Who Include Robert Taylor, Herbert Hoover; Locator files list Atterbury's "famed" personalities.
05/05/1944 Franklin Star Sgt. Sargent is stationed at Atterbury
05/06/1944 Columbus Views on the News.
Display of Axis war equipment in Washington, D. C.
Ours is superior, says Congressman Earl Wilson
05/06/1944 Franklin Star Four members of 106th Divison honored. Three Silver Stars and one Soldier's Medal awarded at Camp Atterbury.
05/08/1944 Columbus Wakeman Name Given Hospital at Camp Atterbury.
Military Institution to Be Called for Hoosier Colonel.
Valparaiso Graduate.
In Surgeon General's Office Until Death Two Months Ago.
05/08/1944 Franklin Star State Editors to tour Atterbury
05/09/1944 Columbus Views on the News.
Naional Defense - Wakeman Hospital - Atterbury AAF name
05/10/1944 Columbus Many Italians Enlist In New Units, Report. Number from Camp Atterbury Are Said to Have Joined Non-Combat Groups. No Official Statement. War Dept., However Explains New Use. Nazis May Work on Farms.
05/11/1944 Columbus Italians Out of Camp.
Germans Are Moved IN.
Employment as Farm Labor Here is Not Yet Determined.
05/11/1944 Columbus 250,000 "Attaheads" Cut.
City Resident Is Top Man.
05/11/1944 Franklin Star German Prisoners Replace Italians at Camp. Exact number of Nazis not yet revealed. All Italians who first arrived here in April, 1943, have been transferred to non-combat units.
05/11/1944 Franklin Star 250,000 haircuts administered to Camp Atterbury soldiers in 1943; Comments vary but intent is same. Cost to soldiers was $87,500.
05/12/1944 Columbus New Guard Unit at Camp Atterbury
05/12/1944 Columbus Views on the News.
Italian POWS
German POWS
05/12/1944 Franklin Star Camouflaging of left-over food received high praise from Military Police at Atterbury. Left-overs meats are ground and camouflaged with new tastes and appearances.
05/17/1944 Franklin Star 106th Division Band solder and family re-united despite international entanglements.
05/18/1944 Columbus Atterbury Set to Play Host. Plans Completed for Session of Hoosier State Press Group.
05/18/1944 Franklin Star Surrounded by Army Camp, Nineveh has 110th birthday. James Whitcomb Riley courted Nineveh resident.
05/19/1944 Franklin Star Blue Barron, nationally know orchestra leader at Atterbury Assigned to Service Co, 424th Infantry Regiment.
05/19/1944 Franklin Star Soldier dies from injury. Pvt. Edwin M. Freeman, Jr., 20, of the 422nd Infantry, died early Friday morning at the Wakeman General Hospital as a result of an accident early Tuesday morning, when a jeep he was driving overturned.
05/19/1944 Franklin Star Soldiers learn to write in 1584th classroom. Close-order drill also on balanced program. (photo)
05/19/1944 Franklin Star Retired as soldiers, but still "soldering". These four work at Atterbury
05/19/1944 Franklin Star Welcome sign still up at Service Club # 2, during the 422nd Infantry dance.
05/20/1944 Columbus Editors View Camp Atterbury at Work. General Collins Urges Future Preparedness.
Editors See Troops Under Fire.
05/20/1944 Franklin Star Soldier discharged Thursday from Atterbury found murdered. Found fatally injured in Terre Haute.
05/22/1944 Franklin Star Four civilian employees at Atterbury share $250 for idea.
05/22/1944 Franklin Star Eight "newshounds" of the 1584th Special Training unot report the news from Atterbury.
05/23/1944 Franklin Star Four veteran retired soldiers work at Atterbury as civilians.
05/24/1944 Columbus Two From Here, One from Hope Get Camp Awards.  Cash Given to Four Employees for Ideas to Save Time, Effort and Money.
05/25/1944 Franklin Star Atterbury is making large food savings. Economy results from 150 acres of gardens.
05/25/1944 Franklin Star No place like home, Atterbury soldiers say following arrival.
05/26/1944 Franklin Star Van Mungo, former league hurler, takes mound at Atterbury. Assigned to Post Special Services.
05/26/1944 Franklin Star Col. Andres, former Director of "Australian Burma Road" now Supply Chief at Atterbury.
05/26/1944 Franklin Star 5,000 gallons of gasoline saved at Atterbury monthly by "Share the ride".
05/27/1944 Columbus Congressional Medal of Honor to be Given at Camp Atterbury 'Open House'
05/29/1944 Columbus Camp Atterbury Salvage Sales Save $ 25,363
05/29/1944 Columbus Government receives $25,363 from sale of salvage at Atterbury.
05/31/1944 Columbus German POWs may work on farms
06/03/1944 Columbus ITALIANS WORK IN BEAN FIELD.
War Prisoners Are Reported Proving Very Satisfactory Farm Hands.
06/03/1944 Columbus Open Carnival at Atterbury. Two-day event being held at Service Club #2. Local girls help out. 106th Division Band wlil play.
06/05/1944 Columbus PATTERSON AT ATTERBURY AND AIR BASE HERE.  Undersecretary of War Sees 106th Division in Action. SALUTED WITH 17 GUNS
Also Greeted by Band at Air Base-Impressed
by Attaboys.
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