Historic Preservation Planning on Military Bases: An Example from Fort Polk, Louisiana

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Authors: Anderson, David G.; Campbell, L. Janice; Cobb, James E.; Ehrenhard, John E.: and Thomas, Prentice M. Jr.

Publisher: National Park Service

Pub Date: 1989

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair.  Binding tight.  No tears, bends or folds.  One very small spot on upper front cover corner.  Previous owner’s stamp on upper corner inside front cover.  Very light edge and corner wear.

Notes:  Interaction Special Publication Number 3.  Conference papers, presented at SEAC in 1988.  Fort Polk (now known as Fort Johnson, named for Sgt. William Henry Johnson, a World War I Medal of Honor winner) covers almost 198,000 acres in west-central Louisiana, served as home to the 5th Infantry Division during the Viet Nam era, and now is home to to the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC), the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, 115th Combat Support Hospital, U.S. Army Garrison and Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital. .  Almost 1700 archaeological sites were identified in the 15 years prior to this report’s publication, and 100 underwent extensive testing or excavation.  Historic preservation planning when you’ve got to work around infantry, armor, and artillery.  Take it as a guidebook.