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Camp Benning began on Macon Road in 1918 as a temporary World War I encampment. The present fort was created in 1922 and was named in honor of Columbus lawyer, legislator, jurist, and Confederate Major General Henry L. Benning. The fort has grown to nearly 200,000 acres and is the world's largest infantry training center. The history of the fort and the infantry branch is chronicled on the post at the National Infantry Museum.
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Columbus, Georgia · United States
