What is "fort oglethorpe"

Fort Oglethorpe was an Army post established in 1902 and opened in 1904. It served largely as a cavalry post for the 6th Cavalry. During World War I Fort Oglethorpe was home to 4,000 German Prisoners of War and civilian detainees. During World War I and World War II, it became a war-time induction and processing center. During World War II, it was a major training center for the Women's Army Corps. The post was declared surplus after World War II and sold. The majority of the old post formed the nucleus for the community of Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.

In the 1930s, soldiers played polo with Summerfield Johnston, Sr. ( Summerfield Johnston, Jr.'s father), of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company, later known as Coca-Cola Enterprises, at Fort Oglethorpe and on the Johnston farm in McDonald, Tennessee.

The American comic book artist and writer Marc Swayze was stationed at Fort Oglethorpe at the beginning of World War II.

Fort Oglethorpe may refer to:

• Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, a town
• Fort Oglethorpe (Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia), Army base founded in 1904
• Fort Oglethorpe (prisoner-of-war camp), a World War I military facility near the town of Fort Oglethorpe
• Fort James Jackson, fort built during 1808–1812 that protected Savannah, Georgia and was also known as Fort Oglethorpe

Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia was a military facility near the town of Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, which housed some 4,000 enemy military personnel as prisoners of war and civilian detainees, during the World War I period, roughly 1917 to 1920.