Camp Howze, Texas, was an infantry replacement training center located adjacent to the town of Gainesville in Cooke County, Texas. It was named for Major General Robert Lee Howze, a Medal of Honor recipient.

Established in 1942 as an Infantry-training camp, Camp Howze once covered 59,000 acres of Cooke County land that was acquired from local landowners shortly after Pearl Harbor. The base was activated in August of 1942, and had a capacity of just under 40,000 men.

The camp would encompass almost 59,000 acres of some of the best farm land in Cooke County and would be named Camp Howze, in honor of General Robert Lee Howze of Overton, Texas who had a distinguished army career.

The Camp Howze Online Museum documents the history of Camp Howze, a 60,000-acre World War II army training facility located just outside of Gainesville, Texas near the Oklahoma-Texas border.

2023年1月31日 · Opened in 1942 just northwest of Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas, the purpose of Camp Howze was to train infantry for activation during World War II. It became a VERY busy place, housing over one hundred thousand troops in its short life.

Camp Howze trained soldiers in a variety of infantry, artillery, and engineering fields, but also offered ore specialized training, like a glider training program. Camp Howze sat on nearly 58,000 acres in Cooke County, Texas and served over 90,000 troops in total.

2019年10月2日 · Camp Howze, northwest of Gainesville in central Cooke County, was established by the United States War Department in 1942 as a United States Army infantry-training camp.

Camp Howze MVPA group focuses on the Educational Program of the WWII Era not only of our Historic Military Vehicles but of the areas WWII Camp Howze, the groups that served there such as the 103rd, 84th, and 86th Divisions.

2016年7月21日 · In operation from 1942 to 1946, Camp Howze served as an infantry training facility during World War II. It was named for General Robert Lee Howze (1864-1926), a native Texan whose distinguished career in the United States Army began with his graduation from West Point and included service in France, Puerto Rico, Germany, a South Dakota Indian ...

2024年7月29日 · Camp Howze, Texas, was an infantry replacement training center located adjacent to the town of Gainesville in Cooke County, Texas. It was named for Major General Robert Lee Howze, a Medal of Honor recipient.