Camp Crockett
1960s U.S. Army training site
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Camp Crockett was established in late 1967 on the Fort Gordon, Georgia, federal reservation for the training of soldiers preparatory to Airborne and Special Forces schools during the Vietnam War.[1]
United States Army| Camp Crockett | |
|---|---|
| Southwest of Augusta, Georgia | |
| Site information | |
| Owner | United States Federal Government |
| Controlled by | United States Army |
| Location | |
 | |
| Coordinates | 33.3732°N 82.2371°W |
| Site history | |
| In use | 1967–1969 |
| Garrison information | |
| Garrison | Fort Gordon |
Located on an isolated part of the installation, the camp included a mockup of a village set up to look like one that would be encountered in Vietnam.[1][2][3] Soldiers training at the camp were housed in Quonset huts, one of which served as a field kitchen.[2][3]
Abandoned in 1969, the locations of the Quonset huts are marked by concrete slabs in a pine forest planted as part of a reforestation project instituted in 1970.[2][3]
In 2010, news reports indicated that Agent Orange herbicide was applied by helicopter to 98 acres of Training Area 47 in July 1967 prior to the establishment of Camp Crockett.[3]