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Greensboro Training Center
1940s US Army Air Forces installation in North Carolina / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Greensboro Training Center (Greensboro Overseas Replacement Depot) is a closed United States Army Air Forces installation. It was last assigned to the United States Army Personnel Distribution Command. It was closed on 15 December 1946.
Greensboro Training Center | |
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USAAF Basic Training Center No. 10 Greensboro Overseas Replacement Depot | |
Part of USAAF Eastern Technical Training Command | |
Greensboro, North Carolina | |
![]() Main Gate at the Greensboro North Carolina Overseas Replacement Depot, 1944 | |
Coordinates | 36°05′14″N 79°45′47″W |
Site information | |
Condition | Urbanized area |
Site history | |
Built | 1942 (1942) |
In use | 1941–1946 |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Garrison information | |
Garrison | ![]() |
Occupants | AAF Training Center (Basic); Overseas Replacement Depot; Separation Center |
The Greensboro Center opened in November 1941 as the headquarters of the First Technical Training District, Air Corps Technical Training Command.[1] In 1943, it was expanded to become AAF Basic Training Center No. 10, welcoming nearly 90,000 men[2] into the United States Army Air Forces to undergo basic military training (BMT). Transferred to the Army Personnel Distribution Center in June 1944, the Greensboro Overseas Replacement Depot (ORD), arranged the deployment of over 150,000 airmen[2] to overseas groups and squadrons in combat theaters around the world. With the end of the war in 1945, nearly 30,000[2] men were demobilized from the Army Air Forces and returned to civilian life at Greensboro.