A great little reference on Forts, hospitals, camps, etc.
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Published in 1930, by the Recruiting – Publicity Bureau US Army, this scarce booklet of 43 pages, and well illustrated. Each spread has the history of a particular post, hospital, etc, with a collage of photographs for that place. This book belonged to Edward A. Graham, Quartermaster Corps, Fort Clark, Texas. Several pages have annotations in red ink, more of a humorous nature, than anything historically pertinent.
The units covered in this booklet for the 8th Corps area are:
- BROOKS FIELD, SAN ANTONIO, TX
- FORT BROWN, TEXAS
- FORT CLARK, TEXAS
- FORT CROCKETT, TEXAS
- FORT D.A. RUSSELL, TEXAS
- DODD FIELD, TEXAS
- FITZSIMMONS GENERAL HOSPITAL, DENVER, COLORADO
- FORT FRANCIS E. WARREN, WYOMING
- CAMP HARRY J. JONES, ARIZONA
- FORT HUACHUCA, ARIZONA
- KELLY FIELD, TEXAS
- FORT LOGAN, COLORADO
- FORT McINTOSH, TEXAS
- NORMOYLE QUARTERMASTER DEPOT, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
- FORT RENO, OKLAHOMA
- FORT RINGGOLD, TEXAS
- FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS
- SAN ANTONIO ARSENAL, TEXAS
- FORT SILL, OKLAHOMA
- CAMP STEPHEN D. LITTLE, ARIZONA
- WILLIAM BEAUMONT GENERAL HOSPITAL, EL PASO, TEXAS
- A MAP OF THE US, highlighting the 8th Corps Area (and an applied red star indication this officer’s posting at Fort Clark, Texas.
Some of these places I have never heard of, while many have prominent rolls during the Indian Wars era and before.
Fine condition, and most useful as a reference for the Interwar period.
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| Weight | .7 lbs |
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