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Cookeville Home to WWII War Maneuvers

Some 850,000 troops came to the Upper Cumberland over 80 years ago to prepare for World War II. Putnam County Archivist Glenn Jones said the troops came from all over the United States for training in preparation to go to the front overseas. “The terrain here resembled France, Belgium, and Germany, and the Cumberland River resembled the Rhine River,” Jones ... Read More »