Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An kafa Fort AP Hill a matsayin cibiyar horar da sojoji a ranar 11 ga Yuni, 1941, bisa ga Dokar Janar na 5 na Ma'aikatar War. A cikin shekara ta farko, an yi amfani da kayan aiki a matsayin yanki na motsa jiki don II Corps da kuma ƙungiyoyi uku na Tsaro na Ƙasar da aka yi aiki daga jihohin Mid-Atlantic. A cikin kaka na 1942, Fort A.P. Hill shi ne yankin da aka shirya don hedkwatar da dakarun sojoji na Major General George S. Patton's Task Force A, wanda ya kasance wani ɓangare na Task Force na Yammacin Amurka.
Allied mamaye Faransa ta Arewacin Afirka. A farkon shekarun Yaƙin Duniya na II, post ya ci gaba da kasancewa wurin horarwa ga ƙungiyoyi da ƙungiyoyi masu girma. Da farko a 1944, an gudanar da horar da filin don Makarantar Jami'in Jami'in da kuma maye gurbin maye gurbin daga Fort Lee, Eustis, da Belvoir.