Various Dates and Facts
July 1, 1942 1570 Service Unit Command Headquarters at Boxville, KY
101st A/B Division activated at Camp Breckinridge
Aug. 13, 1942 First troops arrived for training at Breckinridge, 98th Division
Oct. 15, 1942 92nd Division activated at Breckinridge, 392nd Combat Group
Feb. 15, 1943 WAC units arrive at Breckinridge - 300 women
May 26, 1943 1000 POWs arrive from Tunisia
Sept. 7, 1943 98th Division leaves Breckinridge under M/Gen. Pau Ranson
Sept. 15, 1943 83rd Division arrives at Breckinridge from Camp Atterbury
April 5, 1944 83rd Division leaves Breckinridge
April 15, 1944 75th Division Arrives
Nov. 12, 1944 75th Division Leaves
Oct. 18, 1945 German POW's donate $14,000 to the International Red Cross
Nov. 9, 1945 First German POW leaves Breckinridge for Germany
1948 Camp Breckinridge reopened for Korea. The 101st was stationed here for training.
1954 Camp Breckinridge closed after the Korean War
1954-1963 It was used for summer tanning for 4,500 National Guard troupes
1963 The US Government start to sell Camp Breckinridge land
1965 Job Corp buys some of the buildings to build the school
German POWs who Died At Breckinridge
Stefan Mollmier
Peter Heinz
Sell F. Helmut
Joseph Kainzner
Daniel Meyer
Died 3/23/43
Died 4/21/43
Died 2/27/44
Died 11/17/44
Died 9/27/45
Private Joseph Mosby, age 27, was the first American soldier to die at Camp Breckinridge. He died on the tenth of September 1942 of appendicitis.