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Dix ended its active U.S. Army training mission in 1991 due to Base Realignment and Closure Commission recommendations, which ended its command by a two-star general. Presently, it serves as a joint training site for all military components and all services.
Aug 13, 2017 · Sept. 2, 1945: World War II ends with the Japanese surrender; Dix will become a separation center for the return of more than 1.2 million soldiers to civilian life. July 15, 1947: Fort Dix...
In February 1976, several soldiers at Fort Dix fell ill with a previously unrecognised swine flu. None had been in contact with pigs, so human transmission was assumed.
Nineteen-year-old US Army Pvt. David Lewis set out from Fort Dix on a 50-mile hike with his unit on 5 February 1976. On that bitter cold day, he collapsed and died. Autopsy specimens unexpectedly tested positive for an H1N1 swine influenza virus.
Operation Keelhaul was not confined to Europe, where most of the Russian prisoners were; it was also carried out on American soil. About 200 Soviet nationals were among the prisoners of war at Fort Dix, New Jersey, in mid-1945; they had been in German uniform when Americans captured them.
In 1976, an outbreak of the swine flu, influenza A virus subtype H1N1 at Fort Dix, New Jersey caused one death, hospitalized 13, and led to a mass immunization program.
May 9, 2007 · Depending on their target selection inside Fort Dix, they could have created a high body-count and caused significant confusion among responding forces. Once a defense was organized and mounted in earnest, the attackers would have lost any advantage and been killed.
