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Located 0.8 mile east was the site of the 35th Evacuation Hospital, which cared for injured soldiers during the Second Army maneuvers from 1942 to 1944. Rear echelon units known as "Red Forces," defending the Cumberland River, bivouacked in the fields and woods around Portland. On December 17, 1943, the people of upper Sumner Country gave a Christmas party for area troops at a USO facility in the Portland City Hall building.
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Portland, Tennessee · United States
