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		A clearance sale of ninety remaining buildings began at 10:00 a.m. April 1, 1947. These buildings were sold to the highest bidder with no priorities required. Thousands of feet of lumber were also included in this sale.
	By December 1945, all of the branch camps had been closed, The American government had become highly sensitive about prisoners of war being used in any job that could possibly be filled by returning American military veterans or those leaving the defense industries. This meant that all 2,219 POWs remaining at Camp Atlanta, who were not actively working to maintain the camp, had little to do. These men engaged in regular camp activities, including education classes, sports, hobbies and cultural programs. In January 1946, Service command Unit 4754, the Atlanta Prisoner of War Camp, was officially deactivated