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Fort Leonard Wood


Name: Fort Leonard Wood
Category: Military
Archive ID#: MO3141
 
Description: A large and busy Army engineering and training center, training around 32,000 soldiers every year, in classrooms and on numerous training ranges. The Fort experienced a construction boom in the late 1980's and early 1990's, when the Army Engineer Center was moved to the base from Fort Belvoir. Has a daily population around 25,000, and covers 63,000 acres in the Ozarks of central Missouri. Major chemical weapons training site.
Location: 135 SW of St. Louis, 28 miles SW of Rolla
(POINT(-92.126345 37.759856))
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Address: Fort Leonard Wood MO, 65473
Visitor Info: Has the US Army Engineer Museum.
Links: http://www.wood.army.mil/
LCS: Military, Training / Testing / Bombing Range
   
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