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| Fort Hood |
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| U.S. army post, 209,000 acres (84,580 hectares), central Tex., near Killeen; est. 1942 on the site of old Fort Gates and named for Confederate Gen. John Hood. It is one of the armys largest installations and a major employer of the area. |
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