The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is denying rumors circulating about happenings at Camp Atterbury.

Camp Atterbury in Edinburgh has been the temporary home for thousands of Afghan evacuees.

Gov. Eric Holcomb announced Thursday a "regional collection system" of locations where Hoosiers can donate new goods for Afghan evacuees at Camp Atterbury.

Evacuees from Afghanistan continue to arrive at Camp Atterbury as part of Operation Allies Welcome. The number of people at the base is growing, and some have already begun settling in the U.S.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Humberto Sanchez was laid to rest Tuesday in Logansport. He was one of 13 U.S. service members killed during a bombing attack in Afghanistan in August while helping with evacuation efforts at the Kabul airport.

A military procession from Grissom Air Reserve Base to Logansport marked the beginning of memorial services for Marine Corps Cpl. Humberto Sanchez.

Sunday's procession will mark the beginning of memorial services for Marine Corps Cpl. Humberto Sanchez, 22, of Logansport.

Camp Atterbury, about 25 miles south of Indianapolis, is expected to receive approximately 5,000 people evacuated from Afghanistan in the coming weeks.

Twenty years after the attacks of Sept. 11, and just days after the Taliban took control of Kabul, a small group of American combat veterans competed in the Tokyo Paralympics -- a corps of elite athletes who have triumphed over catastrophic injuries they suffered in Iraq and Afghanistan.

U.S. Marine Cpl. Humberto Sanchez was one of 13 military service members killed inside the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, by a suicide bomber on Aug. 26.