The US Army established Fort Gillem in 1941 with the simultaneous construction of the Atlanta Quartermaster Depot and the Atlanta Ordnance Depot, which were mostly completed by December 1942. The two installations operated separately until April 1, 1948, when consolidated physically and operationally as the ‘Atlanta Army Depot’, a subcommand of the Army Materiel Command. The Atlanta Army Depot was deactivated on June 28, 1974. Locals referred to Fort Gillem as ‘Conley Army Depot’.
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