Posted on: Brown County Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Tx/Brown/703 Surname: HARRISON ------------------------- Can someone tell me something about CAMP BOWIE TEXAS? Where was it located? I have a long photo of JUD PLUMBING AND HEATING made 6-27-1942. There are about 100 men in the photo and I would like to identify as many as possible. We have identified ROBERT, GEORGE and ERVIN HARRISON. Do you know anyone that worked for this Company? Was this part of the W.P.A. program or could they have been laying water lines to a town in the area? Any help would be so appreciated.

CAMP BOWIE (Brown County). Camp Bowie was established at Brownwood in September 1940 as an infantry and artillery training center for the Thirty-sixth Infantry Division, Texas National Guard, and was named in honor of the Texas patriot James Bowie. It was the first major defense construction project in Texas in World War II. The camp was occupied by the end of December 1940 by the 111th Quartermaster Regiment of the Thirty-sixth Division, commanded by Maj. Gen. Claude V. Birkhead. By October 1942 Camp Bowie had expanded from an original 2,000 acres to a total of 120,000 acres and was occupied, in addition to the Thirty-sixth Division, by the 113th Cavalry of the Iowa National Guard, the Eighth Army Corps with its headquarters, and troops of the Third Army under Gen. Walter Krueger. The Third Army personnel at Camp Bowie was composed of special troops of the Seventh Headquarters Detachment of the Third Army, medical units ranging from the Second to the Seventeenth, some engineer companies, signal battalions, and chemical companies. The Eighth Corps comprised the 174th and 142nd Field Artillery groups. The Eighteenth Field Artillery Brigade, the Fourth Armored Division, and the Seventh Headquarters Special Troops of the Fourth Army were also stationed at Camp Bowie at various times. A WAC contingent was attached to the Tank Destroyer Group and the Service Command Unit. A rehabilitation center to serve all posts and camps of the Eighth Service Command was set up in January 1942, and in August 1943 a prisoner of war camp with a capacity of 3,000 prisoners was established within the post (see GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR). Camp Bowie was declared surplus by a War Department order, effective August 31, 1946. Recommended citation: "CAMP BOWIE." The Handbook of Texas Online. <http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/CC/qbc4.html> [Accessed Sat Nov 25 23:06:06 US/Central 2000 ]. The Handbook of Texas Online is a joint project of The General Libraries at the University of Texas at Austin (http://www.lib.utexas.edu) and the Texas State Historical Association (http://www.tsha.utexas.edu). © The Texas State Historical Association, 1997,1998,1999. Last Updated: February 15, 1999 Comments to: [email protected] Margaret McCleskey, Arlington, TX Carolyn Harrison wrote: > > Posted on: Brown County Queries > Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Tx/Brown/703 > > Surname: HARRISON > ------------------------- > > Can someone tell me something about CAMP BOWIE TEXAS? Where was it located? > I have a long photo of JUD PLUMBING AND HEATING made 6-27-1942. There are > about 100 men in the photo and I would like to identify as many as possible. > We have identified ROBERT, GEORGE and ERVIN HARRISON. Do you know anyone > that worked for this Company? > Was this part of the W.P.A. program or could they have been laying water > lines to a town in the area? > Any help would be so appreciated. > > ==== TXBROWN Mailing List ==== > ********BROWN COUNTY, TEXAS GenWeb******** > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbrown/ > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2