Over twenty counties in Middle Tennessee were utilized for the Tennessee Maneuvers in 1942, which were headquartered at Cumberland University in Lebanon and officially referred to as "somewhere in Tennessee."
Middle Tennessee was chosen for these war games because of its proximity to the railways and federal highways, and the similarity between its terrain and that of western Europe.
Red and Blue "armies" faced each other in training exercises. More than 800,000 men and women participated in the Tennessee Maneuvers, which produced over $4 million in claims by individuals and municipalities for destruction of property by the opposing armies.
--Advanced Lazer Tag? --GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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Cumberland University (Tennessee) Seeks to Honor Veterans Who Trained There
From the Feb. 4, 2012, Nashville Tennessean" by Matt Anderson.
Planes flew over Lebanon, Tennessee, soldiers fought across the Cumberland River, artillery fire abounded and the night skies were lit up like a 4th of July.
Thosands of U.S. soldiers came to be trained in Middle Tennessee.
Cumberland University wants to have a ceremony on May 8, 2012 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of VE Day. This will also mark the 70th anniversary of the simulated training on the campus and elsewhere in Middle Tennessee..
From 1941 to 1944, some 25 U.S. Army divisions participated in seven large-scale maneuvers in Middle Tennessee to prepare for operations in Europe. Some 850,000 soldiers participated in Davidson County and 25 others around it.
Forces were divided into Red and Blue groups. landings were made similar to the ones they would experience in Europe.
On the last river crossing during the last of these maneuvers, a boat overturned in the Cumberland River between Hartsville and Lebanon, killing 21. The last of the bodies was found two months later, 81 miles downstream on Lower Broadway in Nashville.
During maneuvers, Saturday nights were quite the thing with as many as 100,000 soldiers on leave in Nashville.
--GreGen
Planes flew over Lebanon, Tennessee, soldiers fought across the Cumberland River, artillery fire abounded and the night skies were lit up like a 4th of July.
Thosands of U.S. soldiers came to be trained in Middle Tennessee.
Cumberland University wants to have a ceremony on May 8, 2012 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of VE Day. This will also mark the 70th anniversary of the simulated training on the campus and elsewhere in Middle Tennessee..
From 1941 to 1944, some 25 U.S. Army divisions participated in seven large-scale maneuvers in Middle Tennessee to prepare for operations in Europe. Some 850,000 soldiers participated in Davidson County and 25 others around it.
Forces were divided into Red and Blue groups. landings were made similar to the ones they would experience in Europe.
On the last river crossing during the last of these maneuvers, a boat overturned in the Cumberland River between Hartsville and Lebanon, killing 21. The last of the bodies was found two months later, 81 miles downstream on Lower Broadway in Nashville.
During maneuvers, Saturday nights were quite the thing with as many as 100,000 soldiers on leave in Nashville.
--GreGen
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