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Camp Hancock (Georgia)

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Camp Hancock near Augusta, Georgia was a military cantonment that was opened during World War I. It was named after Winfield Scott Hancock.[1]

Machine Gun Insignia. 22,500 Officers & Men; 600 Machine Guns; Machine Gun Training Centre; Camp Hancock, Augusta, Georgia, 1918

It included an airfield and it served as a base for a reserves unit.[1]

It was also a divisional camp for the United States Army National Guard and a special camp for training of Army machinegun troops.[2]

Edward Leonard King was a chief of staff there.[3]

The area is now occupied by Augusta Municipal Golf Course and Daniel Field.

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