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Title	Aerial view of Camp Forrest
Date created	1941
Theme	Transforming the Economy
Subtheme	Government and Military
Subject-LCSH	Military camps Housing Aerial views
Geographic Location	United States -- Tennessee -- Tullahoma
Description	Black and white photograph looking down from above on barrack buildings and streets laid out in precise rows. This view, which stretches into the distance, shows a large installation covering acres of land.
Historical Note	Camp Forrest, which opened in 1941, was one of the largest army training bases in the United States. Infantry and ranger units trained in rural manuevers in the Tennessee countryside before shipping out to Europe. The camp also served as a civilian internment camp, the first in the nation, from January-November 1942, and afterwards as a P.O.W. camp that housed as many as 24,000 captured German army soldiers by the end of World War II. It was converted into an air engineering development center in 1949 and continues as the home of Arnold Air Force Base, an advanced training and engineering facility.
Genre	Photograph
Contributing Institution	Tennessee State Library and Archives
Digital Publisher	Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University