It was located on the border between Rapides and Grant Parishes, near Pineville, 12 mi (19 km) north of Alexandria, Louisiana.
In 1941 there was an aviation squadron of 250 African American men in the Army Air Corps performing service functions.
The two armies faced each other across the Red River, over 3,400 square miles (8,800 km2) of land, including part of East Texas.
Around the same time, the seventeen-week basic infantry training program that was in place prior to late December 1944 was restored.
Sakamaki was the only surviving crewman of a mini-submarine used in the attack on Pearl Harbor; he was captured by Corporal David Akui after abandoning his sub, which had run aground.
Most of these men remained in confinement throughout the war, despite a lack of evidence to prove they posed a threat to homefront security.