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Fort Myer is the previous name used for a U.S. Army post next to Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, and across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. Founded during the American Civil War as Fort Cass and Fort Whipple, the post merged in 2005 with the neighboring Marine Corps installation, Henderson Hall, and is today named Joint Base Myer–Henderson Hall.
Built by. United States Air Force. In use. 1942–1946. Battles/wars. World War II. Page Field Army Airfield was a United States Army Air Forces base, approximately 4 miles south of Fort Myers, Florida. It was active during World War II as a Third Air Force training airfield. It was closed on 30 September 1945, two years prior to the ...
Henderson Hall (Arlington, Virginia) / 38.868812; -77.072648 ( Henderson Hall) Henderson Hall is a military installation of the United States Marine Corps (USMC) located in Arlington County, Virginia, near the Pentagon, on the southern edge of the Arlington National Cemetery and next to Fort Myer. Currently, it is part of Joint Base Myer ...
Quarters 1 at Fort Myer is a historic house on the grounds of Joint Base Myer–Henderson Hall in Arlington, Virginia. Built in 1899, it has been the residence of Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. Army since 1910, notably including George C. Marshall, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Douglas MacArthur. [ 4] It was declared a National Historic Landmark in ...
Joint Base Myer–Henderson Hall is a joint base of the United States Armed Forces, located across multiple sites in the National Capital Region. It is jointly made up of is made up of Fort Myer (in Arlington ), Fort McNair (in Washington, D.C. ), and Henderson Hall (in Arlington). It is the local residue of the Base Realignment and Closure ...
Military officers' club. This 1944 officers' club was a bar for off-duty officers of the VII Amphibious Force ships. Despite its primitive appearance, the breeze off Yos Sudarso Bay brought relief from the smells and insects ashore. An officers' club, known within the military as an O club, is an establishment similar to a gentlemen's club for ...
It is the only unit of its kind in the United States' armed forces, and is part of the 3rd U.S. Infantry("The Old Guard"). The Fife and Drum Corps has been stationed at Fort Myer, Virginia, since its founding on February 23, 1960. In 2022, February 18 was named “The United States Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps Day” in Spanish Fort, Alabama.
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