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Fort Jackson

American  

noun

  1. a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in N central South Carolina, NE of Columbia.


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He was drafted into the Army in 1952 and stationed at Fort Jackson, S.C., but he was soon discharged, because of his disruptive behavior, according to Mr. Cooper.

From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2023

He spent 1952 and ’53 in the Army, assigned to Fort Jackson, S.C., and playing enough baseball that “I matured as a pitcher,” he told The Los Angeles Times in 1959.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2023

The Future Soldier Preparatory Course pilot program is set to start in early August at Fort Jackson, South Carolina — one of five Army basic combat training locations.

From Washington Times • Jul. 27, 2022

Some of those courses on the mainland and Hawaii include West Point Golf Course in New York and a 36-hole facility at Fort Jackson in South Carolina.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 30, 2021

Those two forts, St. Philip and Jackson, were about thirty miles from the mouth of the river, Fort Jackson on the right bank, and Fort St. Philip on the left.

From Elsie at Viamede by Finley, Martha

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