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unusual facts about Fort Lewis


If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home

The story of his tour itself continues to unfold while the reader is simultaneously taken through O'Brien's training at Fort Lewis, Washington, where he acquaints a man of similar situation named Erik.


Ernest Glenn Munn

In 1948, a team of soldiers from Fort Lewis, Washington, led by Captain Roy F. Sulzbacher from the Presidio in San Francisco, visited to the glacier but were unable to recover any remains.

Port of Tacoma protests, March 2007

Beginning 2 March 2007, Stryker vehicles and other equipment from the 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, based out of Fort Lewis, was convoyed onto the grounds of the Port of Tacoma, to be loaded onto the Iraq-bound USNS Soderman.

Ray Boland

During the Berlin Crisis of 1961, Boland was assigned to the 32nd Infantry Division and stationed at Fort Lewis.

Roxy LeBlanc

At the conclusion of the season, the family moves to Tacoma, Washington when Trevor is "PCS-ed" to Fort Lewis.

Tillicum, Lakewood

Tillicum is a neighborhood located in Lakewood, Pierce County, Washington bordered by the Tacoma Country and Golf Club to the north, Camp Murray to the south, Fort Lewis to the East, and American Lake to the west.

United States Army Public Health Command

The Center also supervises five subordinate commands located at Fort George G. Meade in Maryland; Fort Sam Houston in Texas; Fort Lewis in Washington; Landstuhl in Germany; and Camp Zama in Japan.

Universal Camouflage Pattern

There were a total of fifteen evaluations, which took place at Fort Benning, Fort Polk, Fort Irwin, Fort Lewis, and Yakima, Washington.


see also

Fort Lewis College

The first Fort Lewis army post was constructed in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, in 1878, and was relocated in 1880 to Hesperus, Colorado, on the southern slopes of the La Plata Mountains.