page_title: Camp Butner
hierarchical_section_title: Camp Butner
caption_attribution_description: English: Original caption: “Italian POWs at Camp Butner during World War II. ”
context_page_description: Camp Butner was a United States Army installation in Butner, North Carolina during World War II. It was named after Army General Henry W. Butner. Part of it was used as a POW-Camp for German prisoners of war in the United States and this site eventually became the Federal Correctional Complex, Butner. The Camp site was chosen in late summer of 1941 to have a major training area built with construction starting in January, 1942, and in just 6 short months, over 1700 buildings were constructed. There were enough beds in the enlisted barracks alone to accommodate over 35,000 soldiers.
  Several major US Army divisions used the camp as a staging area during the war, to assemble and organize prior to being deployed to both the European and Pacific theaters. Divisions like the 35th Infantry Division, 78th Infantry Division, and 89th Infantry Division came to Camp Butner prior to heading to Europe.
  After the war, the Camp was used as a major facility for the demobilization and deactivation of Army units returning from combat. Among the units deactivated at the camp were the 3d United States Infantry Regiment and the 4th Infantry Division.
context_section_description: Camp Butner was a United States Army installation in Butner, North Carolina during World War II. It was named after Army General Henry W. Butner. Part of it was used as a POW-Camp for German prisoners of war in the United States and this site eventually became the Federal Correctional Complex, Butner. The Camp site was chosen in late summer of 1941 to have a major training area built with construction starting in January, 1942, and in just 6 short months, over 1700 buildings were constructed. There were enough beds in the enlisted barracks alone to accommodate over 35,000 soldiers.
  Several major US Army divisions used the camp as a staging area during the war, to assemble and organize prior to being deployed to both the European and Pacific theaters. Divisions like the 35th Infantry Division, 78th Infantry Division, and 89th Infantry Division came to Camp Butner prior to heading to Europe.
  After the war, the Camp was used as a major facility for the demobilization and deactivation of Army units returning from combat. Among the units deactivated at the camp were the 3d United States Infantry Regiment and the 4th Infantry Division.
  The Camp was also the location of the Battalion Surgeon's Assistant school and had a convalescent hospital for wounded troops that operated much like Walter Reed does today.
caption: Italian POWs at Camp Butner during World War II.
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