[ScanIndiana] Camp Atterbury (Edinburgh area)

Tue, 25 Mar 2003 00:10:05 -0800 (PST)

Also, if interested, there is an old chapel over by
stone arch lake that the WWII prisoners built with
supplies given to them by the camp commander. It was
hand painted (murals) by Italian artists. It was
restored in the late 80's. Vandals burnt it a few
years ago and it is once again restored. Just thought
it might be of interest to anyone visiting there.

                       Gary

--- John Coker <[email protected]> wrote:
> This weekend I made a drive thru the middle of the
> old Camp Atterbury,
> assuming that the reserves would be doing SOMETHING
> and using radios, but
> was unable to hear much.
> 
> I found only 464.50 being used by probably a food
> caterer, and possibly
> 462.6125 (an FRS freq!) being POSSIBLY used from a
> helicopter (sure sounded
> like it... but maybe just a cheap  FRS radio?!).
> 
> I plugged in several freqs I've seen attributed to
> Atterbury, but heard none
> of them active.  I did a short search of 138-144 and
> heard nothing.
> All-in-all I was disappointed.   Maybe I just didn't
> know where to look or
> was expecting too much on a Saturday afternoon.  
> The base has been
> subdivided into a Johnson Co. Park, a Job Corps
> site, and an Indiana Dept of
> Natural Resources hunting site, so one can drive
> right through the old main
> road, and see where many of the old buildings used
> to sit.
> 
> Near the main entrance to the National Guard base is
> a memorial and a gift
> shop in an old railcar.   I picked up some decent
> books on Camp Atterbury,
> and numerous (mostly now defunct) Army Air Corps
> bases, such as Chanute and
> Scott.   The gift shop is apparently only open on
> Wednesdays, Saturdays, and
> Sundays, but worth a visit if in the area.   The
> base has quite a short
> history (established only in 1942), including being
> a POW camp for Germans
> and Italians after WWII.
> 
> I'd like to go back to Atterbury if they ever do an
> Open House or conduct
> some exercises around the area, so if anyone knows
> whether such events
> occur, I hope they'll let us know here on the
> reflector.
> 
> John   N9FAM
> 
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