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ConflictsJuly 8, 2026· DVIDS

80 years later: Summer training at McCoy continues to prepare America’s military

On a warm summer morning in the 1940s, the sounds echoing across Camp McCoy were unmistakable. Cadence calls drifted across company streets, trucks rolled through clouds of dust, artillery thundered from distant ranges, and thousands of young Americans trained for a war that would shape history.

On a warm summer morning in the 1940s, the sounds echoing across Camp McCoy were unmistakable. Cadence calls drifted across company streets, trucks rolled through clouds of dust, artillery thundered from distant ranges, and thousands of young Americans trained for a war that would shape history.

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