Original Item: One-of-a-kind. This is a genuine WWII Era license plate from the Camp Gordon U.S. Army Installation, located in Georgia, today known as Fort Eisenhower.

The plate reads CAMP GORDON, GA. 5027 with the insignia of the 3rd Army on the left. There are four holes to affix the plate to the vehicle. The plate is bent up in several places but retains the majority of its paint. The plate measures 10¾ x 3⅜”.

Camp Gordon was approved as the name for a WWII division training camp which began construction in July 1941. The U.S. War Department approved a contract to construct facilities on a new training area near Augusta, in Richmond County, Georgia, which had been selected several months earlier. A groundbreaking and flag-raising ceremony took place in October. In response to the attack on Pearl Harbor, Colonel Herbert W. Schmidt, camp commander, moved his small staff from his temporary office in the Augusta post office building to the unfinished headquarters building at Camp Gordon on 9 December 1941. The 4th Infantry Division began to establish operations there.

The post was home to three divisions during the war: the 4th Infantry, the 26th Infantry, and the 10th Armored. From October 1943 to January 1945, Camp Gordon served as an internment camp for foreign prisoners of war. From May 1945 until April 1946, the U.S. Army Personnel and Separation Center processed nearly 86,000 personnel for discharge from the Army.

Offered in very good condition, with wear from use and age. Ready to display!