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STATION VETERINARY HOSPITAL BARRACK T-3132 FORT ORD, CALIFORNIA

February 2023: As Chaparral Country Corporation becomes the concessionaire of the Fort Ord Station Veterinary Hospital, U.S. Army Horse c1941, located in the City of Marina Equestrian Center. One of the top priorities of the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps Historical Preservation Group who are responsible for the research and museum collection for the Fort Ord Station Veterinary Hospital, U.S. Army Horse, c1941. The veterinary barrack which is in the hands of the Marina Coast Water District must be finally transferred into the hands of the City of Marina and become a part of the park - Greg Krenzelok

Building T-3132 originally housed the veterinary detachment of the 1st Veterinary Company (2nd Platoon) manning the Fort Ord Station Veterinary Hospital in 1941. Colonel W.C. Wight is believed to be the first Post Veterinarian and Colonel Daniel B. Leininger, V.C. the second Post Veterinarian.

Building T-3132 is a 700 Series Shirt-Roof (Aquamedia) 1940's type Barrack at the Station Veterinary Hospital. Note: This barrack is the only 45-man barrack that I have been able to find on the 1940's blueprints of Fort Ord. Front view looking west. Image credit: copyrighted Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.

A distinctive feature peculiar to Series 700 buildings was a shirt-roof that projected from the spandrel wall above the ground story windows on two-story buildings, and continued around all four sides. Both the single-story and two-story buildings, it also extended the eave line beneath the front and rear gables to span the width of the building. Other terms used to describe this shirt-roof were "canopies" and "eyebrows". The official term used by the Army to designate this feature is "aquamedia" and its origin is as uncertain as its Latin derivation. Whatever it ontology, aquamedia was of questionable value. A pent roof had been used above windows on barracks designed in 1917, for the purpose of shedding rain while permitting the window sash to remain open for ventilation. Rather than frame separate pents for each window, however, a continuous skirt was devised in 1940, extending 3 feet from the face of the wall and braced by 2x4s. The feature was dropped from Series 800 buildings because it could not shield against blowing rain, and leaks could occur where stub rafters were framed in the wall.

Source: Fine and Remington, The Corps of Engineers, p 266; James A. Glass, "Historic American Buildings Survey: Fort McCoy, Building T-1129 (Barrack) " (HABS: unpublished report, 1988), pp 2-11. World War II Temporary Military Buildings by John S. Garner, pp 41,42

All images are copyrighted by the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps Historical Preservation Group, Greg Krenzelok all rights reserved.

Building T-3132 is a 700 Series Shirt-Roof (Aquamedia) 1940's type Barrack at the Station Veterinary Hospital (U.S. Army Horse). Side view looking northwest. Image credit: copyrighted Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.

Building T-3132 is a 700 Series Shirt-Roof (Aquamedia) 1940's type Barrack at the Station Veterinary Hospital. Note: This barrack is the only 45-man barrack that I have been able to find on the 1940's blueprints of Fort Ord. Side view of barrack looking southwest. Image credit: copyrighted Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.

Building T-3132 is a 700 Series Shirt-Roof (Aquamedia) 1940's type Barrack at the Station Veterinary Hospital. Note: This barrack is the only 45-man barrack that I have been able to find on the 1940's blueprints of Fort Ord. View from the corner of the barrack looking southeast at Vet.Wards buildings. Image credit: copyrighted Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.

Building T-3132 is a 700 Series Shirt-Roof (Aquamedia) 1940's type Barrack at the Station Veterinary Hospital. Note: This barrack is the only 45-man barrack that I have been able to find on the 1940's blueprints of Fort Ord. Front view looking northeast at the Vet. Ward building and the Vet. Clinic C-6, surgical building. Image credit: copyrighted Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.

Building T-3132, Veterinary Section, 45-man barrack. Originally housed veterinary detachment of the 1st Veterinary Company (2nd Platoon) c1941-42. Later housed the 902nd Military Intelligence Group INSCOM, Army Counterintelligence Detachment. This is what we found when we entered this building with the permission of the Marina Water District in 2009. Image credit: copyrighted Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.

Building T-3132, Veterinary Section, 45-man barrack. Originally housed veterinary detachment of the 1st Veterinary Company (2nd Platoon) c1941-42. Later housed the 902nd Military Intelligence Group INSCOM, Army Counterintelligence Detachment. This is what we found when we entered this building with the permission of the Marina Water District in 2009. Image credit: copyrighted Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.

Building T-3132, Veterinary Section, 45-man barrack. Originally housed veterinary detachment of the 1st Veterinary Company (2nd Platoon) c1941-42. Later housed the 902nd Military Intelligence Group INSCOM, Army Counterintelligence Detachment. This is what we found when we entered this building with the permission of the Marina Water District in 2009. Image credit: copyrighted Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.

Building T-3132, Veterinary Section, 45-man barrack. Originally housed veterinary detachment of the 1st Veterinary Company (2nd Platoon) c1941-42. Later housed the 902nd Military Intelligence Group INSCOM, Army Counterintelligence Detachment. This is what we found when we entered this building with the permission of the Marina Water District in 2009. Image credit: copyrighted Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.

I discovered this sign upstair on my first visit to T-3132, what a discovery. Image credit: copyrighted Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.

The 902nd Military Intelligence Group INSCOM, Army Counterintelligence Detachment was located in T-3132 for many years and until Fort Ord Closed in 1994. A former MP has told me he would deliver and return prisoners to this building but was never allowed to go inside. There was a great mystery about what went on inside T-3132 and the padded interrogation room on the second floor. What went on in this building was very secretive during the Cold War, Vietnam to the Gulf War and is another great part of the history of Fort Ord. When I first enter T-3132 in 2009 working on my Station Veterinary Hospital research work with the permission of the Water District it was still filled with 902nd's paperwork and materials that were left when they moved out of T-3132 and Fort Ord in 1994.

The second time I visited this building I invited Cameron Binkley who was at the time the Deputy Command Historian, DLIFLC & POM. After looking at the paperwork in the rooms and on the floor, Cameron notified the special security team at the Presidio of Monterey. The team came over and cleared the building of classified material. It was a very interesting turn of events. There were many calendars, paperwork and rosters dated 1993 still on the wall and it was like walking into a time capsule. Also found was a computer read out of the roster of those stationed at Fort Ord at the time of the 1994 closing. One of the special security team told me he was also an MP who brought prisoners over to this building. He also said they were never allowed in the building. They would drop off prisoners and bring them back, but not always. I felt that he was a dependable source of information. They pretty much cleared the building of everything, but I was able to keep a few things that they told me wasn't classified.

Image credit: copyrighted Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.

Image credit: copyrighted Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.

When I first enter T-3132 in 2009 working on my Station Veterinary Hospital research work with the permission of the Water District (above pictures). Image credit: copyrighted Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.

Building T-3132, Veterinary Section, 45-man barrack. Originally housed veterinary detachment of the 1st Veterinary Company (2nd Platoon) c1941-42. Later housed the 902nd Military Intelligence Group INSCOM, Army Counterintelligence Detachment. This is what we found when we entered this building with the permission of the Marina Water District in 2009. Image credit: copyrighted Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.

Building T-3132, Veterinary Section, 45-man barrack. Originally housed veterinary detachment of the 1st Veterinary Company (2nd Platoon) c1941-42. Later housed the 902nd Military Intelligence Group INSCOM, Army Counterintelligence Detachment. This is what we found when we entered this building with the permission of the Marina Water District in 2009. Image credit: copyrighted Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved

Building T-3132, Veterinary Section, 45-man barrack. Originally housed veterinary detachment of the 1st Veterinary Company (2nd Platoon) c1941-42. Later housed the 902nd Military Intelligence Group INSCOM, Army Counterintelligence Detachment. This is what we found when we entered this building with the permission of the Marina Water District in 2009. Image credit: copyrighted Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved

Building T-3132, Veterinary Section, 45-man barrack. Originally housed veterinary detachment of the 1st Veterinary Company (2nd Platoon) c1941-42. Later housed the 902nd Military Intelligence Group INSCOM, Army Counterintelligence Detachment. This is what we found when we entered this building with the permission of the Marina Water District in 2009. Image credit: copyrighted Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved

Image credit: copyrighted Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.

Building T-3132, Veterinary Section, 45-man barrack. Originally housed veterinary detachment of the 1st Veterinary Company (2nd Platoon) Image credit: copyrighted Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.

Image credit: copyrighted Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.

Image credit: copyrighted Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.

Building T-3132, Veterinary Section, 45-man barrack. Originally housed veterinary detachment of the 1st Veterinary Company (2nd Platoon) c1941-42. Later housed the 902nd Military Intelligence Group INSCOM, Army Counterintelligence Detachment. This is what we found when we entered this building with the permission of the Marina Water District in 2009. Upstair looking north. Image credit: copyrighted Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved

Building T-3132, Veterinary Section, 45-man barrack. Originally housed veterinary detachment of the 1st Veterinary Company (2nd Platoon) c1941-42. Later housed the 902nd Military Intelligence Group INSCOM, Army Counterintelligence Detachment. This is what we found when we entered this building with the permission of the Marina Water District in 2009. Upstair looking west. Image credit: copyrighted Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved

Building T-3132, Veterinary Section, 45-man barrack. Originally housed veterinary detachment of the 1st Veterinary Company (2nd Platoon) c1941-42. Later housed the 902nd Military Intelligence Group INSCOM, Army Counterintelligence Detachment. This is what we found when we entered this building with the permission of the Marina Water District in 2009. Upstair looking northwest. Image credit: copyrighted Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved

Building T-3132, Veterinary Section, 45-man barrack. Originally housed veterinary detachment of the 1st Veterinary Company (2nd Platoon) c1941-42. Later housed the 902nd Military Intelligence Group INSCOM, Army Counterintelligence Detachment. This is what we found when we entered this building with the permission of the Marina Water District in 2009. Upstair looking northeast. Image credit: copyrighted Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved

Upstair looking downstairs to ground level. To the right is one of the rooms upstair (room no. 2 on the layout diagram). This room faces east to the vet. hospital. Image credit: copyrighted Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved

As you go up the stairs from the front door to your left are two rooms. This image shows the east room looking at the Fort Ord Station Veterinary Hospital. This is room no. 2 on the layout diagram.

As you go up the stairs from the front door to your left are two rooms. This image shows the west room at the west of the building. I believe this is the room that was the padded interrogation room of the 902nd Military Intelligence Group INSCOM, Army Counterintelligence Detachment (room no. 1 on the layout diagram).

The padded interrogation room of the 902nd Military Intelligence Group INSCOM, Army Counterintelligence Detachment (room no. 1 on the layout diagram).

Another view of what I believe was the padded interrogation room of the 902nd Military Intelligence Group INSCOM, Army Counterintelligence Detachment (room no. 1 on the layout diagram).

Floor layout of Station Veterinary Hospital Barrack T-3132 as it was in 1941.

Image credit: copyrighted Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.

Image credit: copyrighted Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.

Station Veterinary Hospital Barrack T-3132, you can still see the number on the barrack. Image credit: copyrighted Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.

700 SERIES TEMPORARY BUILD 45-MEN BARRACKS PLANS

Temporary Buildings Barracks 45-men Floor Framing Plans. Plan number: 700-1176. Source: SGM, USA. Ret. Wes Maroney

Temporary Buildings Barracks 45 men Floor Plans. Plan number: 700-1176. Source: SGM, USA. Ret. Wes Maroney

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U.S. Army Veterinary Corps Historical Preservation Group is a group of individuals that are concerned about the preservation of the History of the Veterinary Corps, Remount Service and Cavalry or wherever our country's history is being lost in conjunction with our beloved "Horse and Mule". There is no cost to join and membership is for life. We believe by uniting together in numbers we will be a more powerful force to be heard. Our membership list is private and only used to contact our members. Email us and become a member.

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