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In the spring of 1941, plans for the construction of a Marine Corps base on 11,000 acres of land in Onslow County, Jacksonville North Carolina, was approved. This base was named Camp Lejeune, in honor of Lieutenant General John Archer Lejeune, 13th Commandant of the Marine Corps. Camp Lejeune now boasts 156,000 acres of training grounds