Camp Gruber, Oklahoma: WWII Infantry Training Ground

There is so much history where I am sitting. This is a range at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma where men of the 88th and 42nd Infantry Divisions (among others) trained for combat in Europe. It was also a POW camp for Germans.

These days it is home to the 45th, and before it was home to the infantry, it was home to amazing folks who settled the land under a variety of circumstances - and whose descendants I’ve had the honor of spending a little time with. As the energizer bunny-ferret detective of history I’m learning all of their stories.

I’ve been to Gruber a few times and it’s also like a home away from home for me in so many ways. I love the history of this little corner of the world!

And I love the people intertwined with the history of Gruber … in the past and in the present.