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THE MILITARY BEAT

by Billy R. Greene

CAMP SIBERT, ALABAMA

 

Camp Sibert was built in 1943 as a replacement training center for the Army Chemical Corps. They trained soldiers for chemical warfare service. Sibert was a rather large, but temporary post. At its peak there were some 1500 buildings, most of "Theater of Operations" type, (five year life expectancy) and several thousand trainees.

The camp was named for Major General William L. Sibert, an Alabama native from Gadsden, who served as the first chief of the Chemical Warfare Service, during WW II.

Camp Sibert was located at the southern terminus of the Lookout Mountain chain, seven miles west of Gadsden, Alabama, near the town of Attalia, Alabama.

The plate shown is from the collection of your editor recently acquired and measures 4"x11". Color is off white on a dark blue base, very thin metal.