; Whereas, on March 8, 1919, the Committee on Military Affairs of the Senate voted to resume building Camp Benning; Whereas the post quickly outgrew the Macon Road location, and on June 17, 1919, Camp Benning was moved to its present site, which included the 1,800 acre plantation of local businessman Arthur Bussey; Whereas, on January 9, 1922, the War Department issued General Order No. 1 making Camp Benning a permanent military installation and appropriating more than $1,000,000 of additional building funds for the Infantry School of Arms, which later became the Infantry School; Whereas, on May 12, 1920, 10 Army aircraft were assigned to Camp Benning as the air detachment of the post, marking the first use of aviation at Camp Benning; Whereas, on February 8, 1922, Camp Benning was redesignated Fort Benning; Whereas, on June 17, 1932, the tank school of the United States Army officially moved from Fort Meade, Maryland, to Fort Benning; Whereas Fort Benning played a critical role in World War II, training thousands of soldiers for the European, African, and Pacific theatres of war; Whereas, on June 25, 1940, the commandant of the Infantry School was directed by the Adjutant General to provide a platoon of volunteers for parachute test duty, leading to the formation of the Parachute Test Platoon; Whereas, on September 16, 1940, the War Department approved the formation of the first Parachute Battalion at Fort Benning; Whereas, on October 1, 1940, the 501st Parachute Battalion was activated; Whereas, in July 1941, the modern Officer Candidate School for Infantry was established at Fort Benning to provide a rigorous training venue for new officers; Whereas, in December 1943, the 555th Parachute Infantry Company, later redesignated as Company A, 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion, the first African-American parachute unit, which was known as Triple Nickles , was activated at Fort Benning