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The largest military maneuvers ever held in the United States were staged in and around Sabine Parish in May 1940.

This Army Maneuvers in the Sabine River area brought the possibility of war very close as 40, 000 officers and men of the Blue Army defended the Sabine River from 30, 000 invading Red troops.

Soldiers from 33 states took part in the games, which covered of cut over pinelands, hills, rivers, and valleys between Alexandria and Nacogdoches, Texas.