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Camp Hulen

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Camp Hulen

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    1. Camp Hulen By: Jerome Vernon and Nathaniel Gardner Tidehaven High School Shelley Anderson El Maton, Matagorda County

    2. General John A. Hulen Was born in Augustus, MO on September 9, 1871 Moved to Texas with his family in 1873 Graduated from Marmaduke Military Academy in Sweet Springs, Missouri in 1891. Married Frances L. Race on February 14, 1893 Retired from the army in 1935 6/5/2012 J. J. Vernon and Nathaniel Gardner

    3. The Camp’s beginning Established as Camp Palacios in 1925 as a training camp for the 36th infantry (Texas national guard) Land was donated from people in the Palacios area Started training in July of 1926 6/5/2012 J. J. Vernon and Nathaniel Gardner

    4. The camp’s info It was built on 1,200 acres of land When it was built, it had a sewer system, running water, electricity, a hospital, a few churches, a post office, a movie theater, recreational buildings and a fire house The name was changed to camp hulen in 1930 Housed anywhere from 6,000 to 9,000 soldiers at one time from 1925 - 1944 6/5/2012 J. J. Vernon and Nathaniel Gardner

    5. War!!! Soon after pearl harbor, most of the soldiers were mobilized, but there were still soldiers stationed there Was used as a anti-aircraft training facility during this time From 1944 to the end of the war, camp hulen was used as a German POW camp 6/5/2012 J. J. Vernon and Nathaniel Gardner

    6. After World War II In 1946, it was given back to state of Texas for training of the national guard. Instead of using it for training the national guard slowly disassembled it for spare parts in 1950 It was sold to investors in 1965 6/5/2012 J. J. Vernon and Nathaniel Gardner

    7. What happened to Camp Hulen? Part of it is now a Municipal airport The other parts were sold to a housing development company in 2005 6/5/2012 J. J. Vernon and Nathaniel Gardner

    8. Images and sounds All pictures were from http://www.citybytheseamuseum.org/hulen.html and http://www.texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/1940/hulen.htm The recording was created by Nathaniel Gardner and Jerome Vernon The Camouflage picture is from http://heretherebetygers.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/alnilam_camouflage_2.png The World War II picture is from http://www.lonesentry.com/unithistory/23rd-infantry/pics/world-war-ii-q5.jpg 6/5/2012 J. J. Vernon and Nathaniel Gardner

    9. Works Cited http://www.citybytheseamuseum.org/hulen.html http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qbc17 http://www.texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/1940/hulen.htm http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txmatago/hmn_pa_camp_hulen.htm 6/5/2012 J. J. Vernon and Nathaniel Gardner

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