Camp Maxey was a World War II

World War II

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  infantry training camp named in honor of Samuel Bell Maxey.

Located just north of Paris, Texas

Paris, Texas

Paris, Texas is a city located northeast of the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex in Lamar County, Texas, in the United States. It is situated in Northeast Texas at the western edge of the Piney Woods. Physiographically, these regions are part of the West Gulf Coastal Plain. In 1900, 9,358 people lived...

, it opened on July 15, 1942 under the command of Colonel C.H. Palmer. The first division to be trained at the camp was the 102nd Infantry Division, which was activated on September 15, 1942.
The 793rd Military Police Battalion was activated at Camp Maxey on December 26, 1942. The Battalion stayed at Camp Maxey until February of 1944, when they departed for Scotland to train for the invasion of France.

The camp was placed on inactive status on October 1, 1945, and is now part of the Camp Maxey Texas Army National Guard

Texas Army National Guard

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training facility.