The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 67, July 1963 - April, 1964 Page: 13
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The Three Forts in Coryell County
them with a sugar stamp, but the merchants could get little sugar.
In Bosque County the warehouses were full and running over
with sugar that could not be sold, because there were not suf-
ficient sugar stamps. The Chamber of Commerce first took the
matter up with the state office but it could give no relief. The
situation was then explained to the Office of Price Administra-
tion in Washington. A reply received by return mail stated that
Gatesville was mistaken, that Camp Hood was in Bosque and
Bell counties. In an effort to clear up the error, a telephone call
was placed to the administrator, but he argued that he had the
records there before him and that the camp was in Bosque and
Bell. He was then asked to contact the War Department and to
find out where the camp actually was. He cheerfully agreed. In
a few hours, he called us back and said that the War Depart-
ment had assured him that he was correct in not letting Gates-
ville have the sugar because the camp was in Bosque and Bell
counties. Finally other telephone calls to the district's congress-
man and Texas senators straightened out the matter.
On May 29, 1943, a tank destroyer center at North Fort Hood
was officially opened with a flag raising ceremony. The flag was
an immense thing, and there was never a more perfect flag rais-
ing. The breeze and the sunlight were just right. As the flag
floated out in the breeze, a woman with a tremor in her voice
said, "Just look at it! God has taken over We'll win nowl" Later,
a stockade for German prisoners was built in the bottom on the
south side of the river opposite old Fort Gates, within sight of
the flag.
And thus the third fort was begun. At one time, there were
more than 1oo,ooo men training in the two forts, and Coryell
County points with pride to the service that the men trained in
its environs rendered the nation.
In 1963, the boundary lines are by no means the same as
they were initially. More land has been taken in Bell County
and some of the land in Coryell County has been relinquished.
The complement of the fort has been changed to two armored
divisions. Gray Air Force Base has been built, and permanent
barracks and other permanent buildings, including a housing
unit, erected at South Fort Hood. Many of the structures at North
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