10 May 1946
United States
United States
- It was announced that Camp Atterbury near Edinburgh, Indiana, United States would cease operations. ww2dbase [Camp Atterbury | Edinburgh, Indiana | CPC]
5 Aug 1946
United States
United States
- Camp Atterbury near Edinburgh, Indiana, United States ceased operations. ww2dbase [Camp Atterbury | Edinburgh, Indiana | CPC]
31 Dec 1946
United States
United States
- The US War Department announced that the Wakeman Hospital at Camp Atterbury near Edinburgh, Indiana, United States would be declared surplus by the end of 1946. In the evening on the same day, Indiana Governor Ralph F. Gates announced that the state would take over the hospital as a mental hospital. ww2dbase [Camp Atterbury | Edinburgh, Indiana | CPC]
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