Record #:

18998

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

Camp Mackall, located near Hoffman in Richmond County, is a thirty-thousand acre military reservation where the Airborne Command, the Army's newest fighting unit, will train. The camp is named for Pvt. John T. Mackall, the first American paratrooper to lose his life in the North African campaign.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 10 Issue 44, Apr 1943, p27-28, il

Subject(s):

Camp Mackall--Richmond County; North Carolina--History--World War, 1939-1945--Training camps--Richmond County