Some of the land became a National Cemetery, but a large portion of the camp created facilities for Arkansas’ Army, Navy and Marine Corpse reserve centers. These were collectively called Camp Pike in honor of the original name of Camp Robinson. Located in Downtown Little Rock, Camp Robinson ...
My father was 27 when he was drafted in July 1944 and sent to Camp Robinson, Arkansas just outside Little Rock, for seventeen weeks of basic/infantry training. He wrote to my mother almost everyday. Upon arrival, he wrote about the homesick young boys who would do anything to get out o...
Red River Army Depot (RRAD) is located in an area commonly known as the “Four States Area.” It’s approximately 170 miles east of Dallas, Texas, 150 miles west of Little Rock, Arkansas, and 18 miles west of Texarkana, which spans both Texas and Arkansas. Both Oklahoma and Louisiana ...
SFC Marty Bishop is a native of Jonesboro, Arkansas, and has been a member of the trumpet section in The U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own" Ceremonial Band since August of 2013. He received a bachelor's degree in music education from the University of Memphis in 2007 as a Clement Santi...
Walnut Ridge Army Airfield military aircraft boneyard and scrapping facility in Arkansas after World War II.
I have been on tour for nearly six weeks. The previous evening, in Little Rock, Arkansas, has left me disoriented due to the performance of a very kind woman by the name of Constance, who — and I am not lying — entertained, so to speak, every member of the band. ...
Arkansas 55 AVN UH-1 [Need Tail#] A/C was in flight of 8 flying routine checkout from Atlanta to Broken Bow when it crashed 4 miles W of Forrest City near I40 after hitting power lines across the highway. A/C was attempting emergency landing after experiencing engine trouble. 02 SEP...
He got his physical and was sworn in. Army serial number 53310761, Elvis was named a leader of his group. The inductees were piled onto busses and off to Fort Chaffee, Arkansas. The next day, his famous locks were shorn into the familiar military buzz cut, and the press covered the ...
Arkansas 3/160 SOAR UH-60A #86-24500 A/C crashed into a hillside 5 mi S of Charleston, on a night flight in the early stages of a war game. At 50' AGL and 40 KIAS while on short final to unimproved LZ, A/C experienced uncommanded right yaw, which progressed into right spin....
He got his physical and was sworn in. Army serial number 53310761, Elvis was named a leader of his group. The inductees were piled onto busses and off to Fort Chaffee, Arkansas. The next day, his famous locks were shorn into the familiar military buzz cut, and the press covered the ...