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Syracuse China fragments

Fragments of dishes from Syracuse China Corp. that were discovered at Fort McCoy are shown. (Photo by Colorado State University’s Center for the Environmental Management of Military Lands)

Navy medical personnel apply moulage to medical dummies

Navy medical personnel apply moulage to medical dummies during operations Aug. 16, 2019, for Global Medic 2019 at a Regional Training Site-Medical facility at Fort McCoy, Wis. (U.S. Army photo by Aimee Malone, More

Fort McCoy community members participate in the "Build

Fort McCoy community members participate in the "Build a Bird Feeder" workshop Sept. 21 at the Army Community Service Family Building. Events such as this workshop are designed so entire Families can participat More

Fort McCoy Family members read each other’s answers

Fort McCoy Family members read each other’s answers as part of an exercise during the Green Dot program on Jan. 24, 2017, at the School-Age Center/Youth Center. The Green Dot program focuses on how to be a proa More

Fort McCoy, Wis., summer campers draw pictures Aug.

Fort McCoy, Wis., summer campers draw pictures Aug. 30, 2018, at Child and Youth Services’ School Age Center/Youth Center. (U.S. Army photo by Aimee Malone, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)

Remembering World War I: Fort McCoy's founder sends battlefield letter home

This is a photo of Army Col. Robert Bruce McCoy from 1918 during World War I. During the war, McCoy served in France. McCoy is the founder of Fort McCoy, Wis. (U.S. Army Historical Photograph)

Soldiers pose for a photo at a camp at present day

Soldiers pose for a photo at a camp at present day Fort McCoy, Wis., in 1910. Prior to the U.S. involvement in World War I in 1917-18, Fort McCoy was a fledgling installation that was established in 1909. (U.S. More

This photo of a photo, shown Oct. 26, 2018, at the

This photo of a photo, shown Oct. 26, 2018, at the Fort McCoy, Wis., History Center, is of Col. Robert B. McCoy, Fort McCoy's founder, as he looked during World War I in 1918. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturk More

1920s training - A group of men riding on the backs of horses

A group of Soldiers trains at Camp Robinson, a precursor of Fort McCoy, in the 1920s. (U.S. Army file photo)

Fort McCoy, Building No. T-1010, South Side of South Eleventh Street, Block 10, Sparta, Monroe County, WI

Significance: Building T-1010 is a Hospital Administration Building, Type HA-3, the only example located at Fort McCoy. Approaching Building T-1010 from the circular service drive one entered the building eith More

Fort McCoy, Building No. T-10110, South side of South Eighth Avenue, Block 10, Sparta, Monroe County, WI

Significance: Building T-10110 is a Garage-Hospital, Type G-1, the only building of this type constructed in the hospital area at Camp McCoy. Building T-10110 accommodated six cars, but was soon inadequate to More

Fort McCoy, Building No. T-10121, Within triangular piece of land formed by South Eighth Avenue, South "X" Street & South "X" Road, Block 10, Sparta, Monroe County, WI

Significance: Building T-10121 is a Paint Shop, Type PTS-1. This is the only example of this type of building in the hospital area. This building is currently being used as a storage facility for various mate More

Fort McCoy, Building No. T-10118, North side of South Eighth Avenue, Block 10, Sparta, Monroe County, WI

Significance: Building T-10118 is a Recreation Building, Type RB-2, which was used by soldiers who served in the medical corps. Building T-10118 is one of two buildings of this type found at McCoy; the other e More

Fort McCoy, Building No. T-1073, West of Intersection of South Tenth Avenue & South "X" Street, Block 10, Sparta, Monroe County, WI

Significance: Building T-1073 is a Standard Hospital Ward, Type W-1, with a 33-bed capacity; as one of thirty such buildings, it is the most common type of structure located at the hospital area. Survey numbe More

Fort McCoy, Building No. T-1004, South Side of Eleventh Avenue, Block 10, Sparta, Monroe County, WI

Significance: Building T-1004 is an Officers' Recreation Building, Type ORBL-3, which served officers in the medical corps (either doctors or nurses). Building T-1004 is one of two buildings of this type found More

Fort McCoy, Building No. T-10107, North side of South Sixth Avenue, Block 10, Sparta, Monroe County, WI

Significance: Building T-10107 is a Store House (M.D.), Type SH-7. There are six Type SH-7 buildings located at the south end of the hospital area. Survey number: HABS WI-308-DS Building/structure dates: 194 More

Fort McCoy, Building No. T-10122, Southeast corner of South Eighth Avenue & South "X" Street, Block 10, Sparta, Monroe County, WI

Significance: Building T-10122 is a Utility Shop, Type US-1. This is the only example of this type of building in the hospital area. Building T-10122 exhibits the traits that distinguish it as a World War II- More

Fort McCoy, Building No. T-1041, North side of Tenth Avenue, Block 10, Sparta, Monroe County, WI

Significance: Building T-1041 is a Combination Standard Hospital Ward, Type W-2, with a 26 bed capacity (original). This type of ward provided for the seriously ill, and isolation of these patients, as compare More

Fort McCoy, Building No. T-1099, South of South Ninth Avenue, in Southeast Quadrant of Hospital Area, Block 10, Sparta, Monroe County, WI

Significance: Building T-1099 was constructed originally as an Administration Building, Type A-6, which provided office space for twenty clerks and two officers. In 1943, this building was converted into a foo More

Fort McCoy, Building No. T-10600, 4 Quadrants, Block 10, Sparta, Monroe County, WI

Significance: Building T-10600 is a Walk-Covered-Enclosed, Type WK-2, one of three types of walkways that connect the buildings at the hospital area. It is the most common of the walkways that also include WK- More

Fort McCoy, Building No. T-1027, North side of South Tenth Avenue, Block 10, Sparta, Monroe County, WI

Significance: Building T-1027 is a Standard Hospital Ward, Type W-1, with a 33-bed capacity; as one of thirty such buildings, it is the most common type of structure located at the hospital area. The Type W-1s More

Fort McCoy, Building No. T-1068, North side of South Ninth Avenue, Block 10, Sparta, Monroe County, WI

Significance: Building T-1068 is a Ward, Type I-H, with a 25 bed capacity; this is the only building of this type in the hospital area. It was a Neuropsychiatric Ward in 1943 and was constructed from Plan No. More

Fort McCoy, Building No. T-1038, North side of Tenth Avenue, Block 10, Sparta, Monroe County, WI

Significance: Building T-1038 is a Standard Hospital Ward, Type W-1, with a 33-bed capacity; as one of thirty such buildings, it is the most common type of structure located at the hospital area. Survey number More

Fort McCoy, Building No. T-10108, North side of South Sixth Avenue, Block 10, Sparta, Monroe County, WI

Significance: Building T-10108 is a Store House (M.D.), Type SH-7. There are six Type SH-7 buildings located at the south end of the hospital area. Survey number: HABS WI-308-DT Building/structure dates: 194 More

Fort McCoy, Building No. T-1022, North side of South Tenth Avenue, Block 10, Sparta, Monroe County, WI

Significance: Building T-1022 is a Combination Standard Hospital Ware, Type W-2, with a 26 bed capacity (original). This type of ward provided for the seriously ill, and isolation of these patients, as compare More

Fort McCoy, Building No. T-1096, South side of South Ninth Avenue, Block 10, Sparta, Monroe County, WI

Significance: According to the Camp McCoy's Annual Report to the Surgeon General for 1943, a severe shortage of patient beds was experienced; during the first half of the year, overflow patients were placed in More

Fort McCoy, Building No. T-1025, North side of South Tenth Avenue, Block 10, Sparta, Monroe County, WI

Significance: Building T-1025 is a Ward, Type D-H, with a 26 bed capacity. There are two such buildings in the hospital area, with the other example being Building T-1043. The plan for these buildings, 1100-6 More

Fort McCoy, Building No. T-1006, South Side of South Eleventh Avenue, Block 10, Sparta, Monroe County, WI

Significance: Building T-1006 is a Hospital Quarters, Type NQ-24, with a 24 bed capacity. It served as either doctors' or nurses' quarters, and is one of ten examples of this type at McCoy. These buildings ar More

Fort McCoy, Building No. T-1045, South side of Tenth Avenue, Block 10, Sparta, Monroe County, WI

Significance: Building T-1045 is a Combination Standard Hospital Ward, Type W-2, with a 26 bed capacity. This type of ward provided for the seriously ill, and the isolation of these patients, as compared to th More

Fort McCoy, Building No. T-1034, North side of South Tenth Avenue, Block 10, Sparta, Monroe County, WI

Significance: Building T-1034 is an Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat (EENT) Clinic, Type CLIN-P-H, a specialized facility for the treatment of deficiencies and ailments of those areas. This is the only example of thi More

A conceptual sketch of a Japanese training village

A conceptual sketch of a Japanese training village and buildings are shown on display in the Fort McCoy, Wis., History Center, building 902, on May 27, 2020. The village was built in the 1940s to help train U.S More

Special World War II vet visited McCoy in 2016, recalled friends from famed 100th

Thelma and Clarence Suzuki tour the Fort McCoy, Wis., Commemorative Area on Oct. 28, 2016. Clarence is a former Army sergeant and World War II veteran who served with the Military Intelligence Service in Japan More

Fort McCoy Archaeologist Ryan Howell with the Directorate

Fort McCoy Archaeologist Ryan Howell with the Directorate of Public Works Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch looks over old installation real property records Jan. 22, 2021, in a conference room at More

The sun sets Dec. 10, 2020, behind buildings on the

The sun sets Dec. 10, 2020, behind buildings on the cantonment area at Fort McCoy, Wis. The cantonment area has hundreds of buildings and was built at the installation in the 1940s during World War II. (U.S. Ar More

Japanese POWs board train. Public domain, Post-war Japan.

Three hundred nineteen Japanese prisoners of war, carrying their belongings, board trains at then-Camp McCoy for California, where they will aid in harvest in the 1940s. According to the U.S. War Department in More

Visitors look at displays June 7, 2019, in the Fort

Visitors look at displays June 7, 2019, in the Fort McCoy (Wis.) History Center during one of the public open days of the post's Commemorative Area. Public open days are coordinated by the Fort McCoy Public Aff More

Tourist Attraction - Old Fort McCoy Chapel

An old chapel building is shown on the cantonment area on Fort McCoy, Wis., on April 3, 2018, during a spring snow storm. Older chapels like this at the installation were built during the massive cantonment are More

Fort McCoy ArtiFACT: Aspirin tin

This aspirin tin from somewhere between the 1920s to 1940s was found during a past archaeological dig on post near the Sparta-Fort McCoy Airport. (Photo by Colorado State University’s Center for Environmental M More

Sketch of Camp McCoy POW camp - A black and white drawing of a town

A scene from a sketchbook of a prisoner of war (POW) at Camp McCoy from the 1940s is shown. The scene shows the POW compound that was located on South Post and housed POWs from World War II.

1940s construction of Fort McCoy cantonment area

Workers construct the frame of a building in the cantonment area in September 1942 at then-Camp McCoy, Wis., now Fort McCoy. The cantonment area was constructed in the 1940s to handle an influx of Soldiers and More

A visitor looks inside one of several historical buildings

A visitor looks inside one of several historical buildings Sept. 20, 2018, at the historic Commemorative Area at Fort McCoy, Wis. The 900 block of the installation and the 11-acre area surrounding it are at the More

The History Center in the Commemorative Area is shown

The History Center in the Commemorative Area is shown Sept. 20, 2019, at Fort McCoy, Wis. The 900 block of Fort McCoy and the 11-acre area surrounding it are at the hub of the fort's history-preservation effort More

Building 905 on the cantonment area is shown Nov. 30,

Building 905 on the cantonment area is shown Nov. 30, 2020, at Fort McCoy. This building is a varied history like many built at Fort McCoy in the 1940s. The building has been am officer's club, a Reserve center More

This month in Fort McCoy history: August 2019

A band concert by 330th Army Band, led by Master Sgt. Earnest Villas, director, is held at then-Camp McCoy, Wis., summer camp Aug. 24, 1949. (U.S. Army historical photo)

Members of the Camp McCoy, Wis., baseball team pose

Members of the Camp McCoy, Wis., baseball team pose for a photo with a trophy in the 1950s at Camp McCoy (now Fort McCoy). Baseball was a popular pastime at the installation in the 1940s and 1950s. (U.S. Army file photo)

Infiltration Course at Camp McCoy in 1950

During the Infiltration Course, exploding mines and overhead machine-gun fire make combat training realistic for the men of the 887th Field Artillery Battalion. The soldiers crawl for 15 to 20 minutes through More

‘Garbage’ considered a treasure trove in Fort McCoy archaeological work

Pictured are beer cans found at Fort McCoy, Wis., during an archaeological dig in July 2015. They were found in a feature that dated to the 1960s. (Photo by Colorado State University Center for Environmental Ma More

Soldiers drive a military truck out of the storage

Soldiers drive a military truck out of the storage area for the Maneuver Area Training Equipment Site (MATES) on March 14, 2018, at Fort McCoy, Wis. The MATES facility belongs to Wisconsin Army National Guard a More

Pafoua Her of Kaukauna, Wis., gives her presentation

Pafoua Her of Kaukauna, Wis., gives her presentation during the Fort McCoy, Wis., observance of Asian-American and Pacific Islander Month at McCoy’s Community Center on May 19, 2016. Her discussed her Hmong her More

Mock mass casualty training in 1970 at Camp McCoy

Members of the 830th Station Hospital, 88th Army Reserve Command, of Des Moines, Iowa, load a mock casualty into a helicopter during mock mass casualty training in 1970 at then-Camp McCoy. (U.S. Army file photo)

This Month in Fort McCoy History: July 2019

Building 1754, a former chapel, is shown set up for chaplain training in July 1969 at then-Camp McCoy, Wis. The post was renamed to Fort McCoy in the 1970s and chaplain training still takes place on post to the More

Field bakery in 1974 at Camp McCoy

Members of the bakery section of the 312th General Supply Company, Des Moines and Ames, Iowa, Iowa Army National Guard, prepare bread at a field training site July 2, 1974. The 312th was under the 103rd Support More

September: This Month in History at Fort McCoy

Staff Sgt. James Schump, a tank commander from Fort Carson, Colo., puts an M-60 tank deep in water during a training exercise for the 2nd Brigade, 84th Division in the summer of 1978. During Annual Training 197 More

Cuban refugees from Mariel Boatlift in 1980

Cuban refugees step off a bus and into a holding area at Fort McCoy in 1980 after a ride from the La Crosse Municipal Airport. Fort McCoy served as a processing center for Cuban refugees from the Mariel Boatlif More

Items with the “Lost Voices of Mariel” exhibit are

Items with the “Lost Voices of Mariel” exhibit are shown Feb. 13, 2020, at the Monroe County Local History Room in Sparta, Wis. The exhibit recalls the 1980 Cuban Refugee Program at Fort McCoy, Wis. In 1980, th More

Members of the 724th Combat Engineer Battalion bolt sections of a pontoon bridge together during a training exercise at Lake Stillwell

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SFC Robert Morehouse Release Status: Released to More

A ground-to-air right side view of a CH-54A Tarhe (Skycrane) helicopter airlifting bridge building equipment to Lake Stillwell for a training exercise of the 724th Combat Engineer Battalion

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Robert Morehouse Release Status: Released to More

Members of the 13th Psychological Operations Battalion undergo riot control training at a mock prisoner of war camp

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jan Caeotte Release Status: Released to Pub More

Members of the 13th Psychological Operations Battalion undergo riot control training at a mock prisoner of war camp

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jan Caeotte Release Status: Released to Pub More

Members of the 1ST Battalion, 75th Rangers, move through the woods during an exercise taking place in conjunction with an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft practice bombing

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Allan J. Harding Release Status: Released to Pub More

Members of the 1ST Battalion, 75th Rangers, move through the woods during an exercise taking place in conjunction with an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft practice bombing

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Allan J. Harding Release Status: Released to Pub More

Members of the 1ST Battalion, 75th Rangers, move through the woods during an exercise taking place in conjunction with an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft practice bombing

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Allan J. Harding Release Status: Released to Pub More

Members of the 1ST Battalion, 75th Rangers, move through the woods during an exercise taking place in conjunction with an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft practice bombing

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Allan J. Harding Release Status: Released to Pub More

A tube-launched, optically-tracked, wire-guided (TOW) anti-tank weapon system is fired from a jeep during training exercises

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: John Nieves Release Status: Released to Public C More

Members of the 85th Division load an M-101 105mm Howitzer for a live fire exercise

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: John Nieves Release Status: Released to Public C More

Members of the 85th Division fire an M-101 105mm Howitzer for a training exercise

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: John Nieves Release Status: Released to Public C More

A member of the 1ST Battalion, 632nd Armor, fires an 81 mm mortar during winter training exercises

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Allan J. Harding Release Status: Released to Pub More

1984 training at Fort McCoy - A couple of men sitting in the back of a jeep

Soldiers consult with one another during training in 1984 at a training range at Fort McCoy. (U.S. Army file photo)

A Marine uses a field radio to receive instructions after constructing a nest for an M2 .50-caliber machine gun

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CDR Frank Arlinghaus Jr. (Usnr) Release Status: More

A Marine from Battery H, 3rd Bn., 14th Marines, loads a round into an M-101 105mm howitzer during a training exercise

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT. Kathy Stark Release Status: Released to Pub More