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Camp Leroy Johnson in New Orleans, Louisiana, formerly known as the New Orleans Air Base, is located on the south shore of Lake Pontchartrain in the area bounded west by London Ave. south by Leon C. Simon Dr. and east by Inner Harbor Navigation Canal. The area is occupied today by the University of New Orleans. One former building of the base still remain. The "smokestack" was incorporated into an Alumni Building. An accent barrack was used as a record storage building until 2007 when it was torn down.

The base used jointly with the New Orleans Airport for training during World War II. It was transferred to the Air Service Command and became part of the New Orleans Port of Embarkation facilities. Signal and Quartermaster units were trained on the post and it housed a Transportation Corps Officer Candidate School and a Replacement Training Center.

The base was named after World War II Medal of Honor recipient Leroy Johnson.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Leroy_Johnson
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Coordinates:   30°1'54"N   90°2'35"W

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  • My father was stationed there before I was born. His name was DeWitt Drakeford.
  • my oldest son was born there may 28, 1954 while my husband was stationed in Germany
  • My father was stationed there in the early 1960. we live on MILITARY housing area away from the CAMP called Navy Parkway. I attended a ELEM SCHOOL called EDWARD Douglas WHITE. I remember wonderful times there from 1960-63.
  • It is not occupied by University of New Orleans, but Southern University of New Orleans. I live 2 minutes away.
  • I was born there in 1963, my father was stationed there.
  • I was stationed there from May 1962 to June 1964, when it was closed. I then spent my remaning tme at Frt Eusiis, Va. I was the Company Clerk for the 71st Transportation company, 394th Transportation Battalion.
  • I was born there in 1960, my father was stationed there as well. Dad retired in 1963 and we moved from there to WA state. Been here ever since
  • Both of my sister's were born there 1960 & 1963
  • Here's my bit on the passing of Camp Leroy Johnson. I went to college at LSUNO (now UNO) in the late 60's and early 70's. LSUNO took possession of the western half of Leroy Johnson when it was decommissioned. The east LSUNO also had about half of the eastern half of Leroy Johnson which they called their East Campus. The most eastern portion (about 1/4 of the original Camp Leroy Johnson) was gifted to a nonprofit organization called Gulf South Research Institute (GSRI). I worked there with labs in several of the old barracks which still stood in the mid 1970's. Most all of the barracks there had been torn down and burned because they were infested with Formosian Termites. In the late 1980's GSRI folded. Over the next few years I believe Southern University, who had a campus just across Leroy Johnson Blvd from the base, purchased or was gifted most of the property that was owned by GSRI. The eastern half of the original Camp Leroy Johnson is now occupied by UNO and SUNO with bits and pieces owned by the FBI and the Naval Reserves. Nothing remains of Camp Leroy Johnson except the smokestack that remains as a monument to the past on the main UNO campus.
  • Do you remember most of the Soiders that were there in 64 maybe from Denver
  • Dave Lambie, I was stationed there from 1962-1963 Headquarters Co. identification section! Remember Bay of pigs we convoyed to Port St. Joe, Florida waiting out, remember?
  • Howie Pine Was there in 62 and 63 119 T co. Ist shore platoon 2nd sec. Did field excercises in Pt. St. Joe Also. Also went to FLa for the missle crisis. Seperated Nov 20, two days before Kennedy was shot.
  • My dad was stationed there the same time as you we also were stationed at Ft Eustis he was sgt Gerald l Dunn he was with Special Services at Leroy Johnson! He passed away in 2005. I remember fondly our stay in New Orleans
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