Fort Hood: The First Fifty Years--a writer/historian Odie B. Fault and researcher Laura E. Faulk Chronicle the nearly half-century of history of the colorful Central Texas post from its first days as the Tank Destroyer Center, through years as an Infantry Replacement Training Center, to its present role as the Army's home for Armor.

Land and People -- Creation of the Post -- Acquiring the Land -- Camp Hood: The Tank Destroyer School -- A Permanent Two-Division Post -- Fort Hood: Biggest Armor Post in the Free World -- No Other Post Like It -- The Changing Nature of "R and R" -- Friendship and Mutual Support -- Toward the 21st Century.