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FORT BENNING • Doughboy
Stadium
173rd Airborne Brigade Memorial
Built by U.S. Army
• POW Monument Infantrymen as a
memorial to their
Erected in 1946, this monument was originally intended to honor comrades of
U.S. prisoners of World War II. It was later moved to its current World War I.
location and altered to also reflect the POWs of World War I,
Korea, and Vietnam. • Cuartels
• WHINSEC Designed and
constructed in the
Currently training officers of foreign countries, this building 1920s, this building
originally served as the U.S. Army Infantry School and Fort serves as offices and
Benning Headquarters. quarters for visiting
officers. The building
appeared in the 1941
edition of Ripley’s
Believe It or Not for
the world’s longest
continuous porch.
Contact the Visitors Bureau at 800.999.1613 for more information.
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