Replacement Training Centers were an integral part of World War II. Soldier's entering the Army and ultimately the War spent 13 weeks learning the fundmentals of soldiering in one of twenty one Centers that were to be be constructed during the during the Winter and Spring of 1940-1941.
Replacement training centers were opened in March 1941, about six months after the launching of Selective Service. For the remainder of 1941 the recently inducted civilian received his basic training at a replacement center. By April 1945, approximately 2,500,000 enlisted men had been graduated from replacement training agencies of the combat arm — infantry, cavalry, field artillery, coast artillery, antiaircraft, armored, and tank destroyer. [1]
Camp Roberts, CA
Infantry
15000 Whites
Field Artillery
6000 Whites
Camp Callan, CA
Coast Artillery
7600 Whites
Fort F.E. Warren, WY
Quartermaster
5500 Whites
1500 Colored
Camp Wolters, TX
Infantry
15000 Whites
2000 Colored
Fort Leonard Wood,MO
Engineer
7500 Whites
3000 Colored
Camp Wallace,TX
Coast Artillery
1000 Whites
500 Colored
Camp Wheeler,GA
Infantry
15000 Whites
1500 Colored
Camp Croft,SC
Infantry
15000 Whites
1500 Colored
Fort Bragg,NC
Field Artillery
15000 Whites
1500 Colored
Aberdeen Proving Ground,MD
Ordnance
4800 Whites
1000 Colored
Edgewood Arsenal,MD
Chemical Warfare
800 Whites
200 Colored
Fort Eustis,VA
Coast Artillery
14000 Whites
800 Colored
Fort Riley,KS
Calvary
6500 Whites
500 Colored
Fort Sill,OK
Field Artillery
7000 Whites
1000 Colored
Camp Grant,IL
Medical
7000 Whites
Fort Knox,KY
Armored
8405 Whites
515 Colored
Fort Monmouth,NJ
Signal Corps
7500 Whites
Fort Belvoir,VA
Engineer
7500 Whites
3000 Colored
Camp Lee,VA
Medical
7000 Whites
300 Colored
Quartermaster
9500 Whites
2300 Colored
[1] http://www.history.army.mil/books/agf/AGF007/ch01.htm
