Camp Fannin, Texas, was named for Col. James Walker Fannin, who was killed at the Battle of Goliad in the Texas Revolution. The camp opened in March 1943, with the first cadre arriving from Camp Robinson, Arkansas, in March 1943 and the first trainees arriving in May 1943. An estimated 150,000 men were trained for combat there through December 1945. At the end of World War II, it served as a Separation Center and was deactivated in June 1946. Encompassing more than 150,000 acres, the camp's main post stood immediately north and west of this site on 2,000 acres bought from local landowners, while an additional 13,000 acres were leased from area landowners and returned to them at the end of the war. On April 17, 1948, the U.S. Government deeded 600 acres to the State of Texas, including the site of the 1,000-bed station hospital, to open a tuberculosis sanatorium. That land is now occupied by the University of Texas Health Center at Tyler, and the hospital is the last remaining major installation of Camp Fannin.