Camp Mackall

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location = Fort Bragg, North Carolina
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Camp Mackall is an active U.S. Army training facility near Southern Pines, North Carolina. The facility is in close proximity to (and is a sub-installation of) Fort Bragg. (Ft Bragg is home to the XVIII Airborne Corps, the 82nd Airborne Division and the U.S. Army Special Operations Command Headquarters.)

Camp Mackall is the setting of primary training to become a member of U.S. Army Special Forces.

History

On February 8, 1943, General Order Number 6 renamed the facility Camp Mackall in honor of Private John Thomas (Tommy) Mackall. He was born May 17, 1920 in Ohio and grew up in Wellsville, Ohio . He served in the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment. During the Allied invasion of North Africa in the airborne segment called Operation Torch, he was mortally wounded in an attack by French Vichy aircraft on his aircraft as it landed near Oran. Seven paratroopers died at the scene and several were wounded, including Mackall. He was evacuated by air to a British hospital at Gibraltar where he died on November 12, 1942.

Facilities

The Colonel James "Nick" Rowe Training Compound at Camp Mackall hosts SERE, SFAS, the Q Course and other training courses. It is named for Col. James N. Rowe. (The obstacle course at the camp, arguably the hardest obstacle course in the U.S. Army, is named the "Nasty Nick" in honor of Rowe.)

References

*http://www.bragg.army.mil/18abn/CampMackall.htm
*http://gc.kls2.com/airport/HFF