Fort Eustis is a United States Army military installation located in Newport News, Virginia. The post is the home to the Army Transportation Corps where officers and enlisted soldiers receive education and on-the-job training in all modes of transportation.
Much of the land which constitutes Fort Eustis was known in colonial times as Mulberry Island, and was first settled by the English colonists shortly after Jamestown was established in 1607.
In 1918, the Army bought Mulberry Island and the surrounding land for $538,000 as part of the military build-up for World War I. Fort Abraham Eustis was established as a coast artillery replacement center for Fort Monroe and a balloon observation school. It was named for General Abraham Eustis, who had been the first commanding officer of Fort Monroe, a defensive fortification at the mouth of Hampton Roads.
Vietnam War Exhibit at the US Army Transportation Museum
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