Military camps

Unidentified outdoor scene set in a mountainous area with rows of tents and what appears to be perhaps soldiers in view. May have been taken when Charles Thayer was attending West Point. Original negative in Library.

Unidentified outdoor scene set in a mountainous area with rows of tents and what appears to be young men, perhaps soldiers, in view. May have been taken when Charles Thayer was attending West Point Military Academy. Original negative in Library.

View west by south from Camp Commander's tent near FP 17N, on a knoll overlooking the World War I Camp Doniphan area in Oklahoma. Note artillery burst on the slopes of Signal Mountain in background. The road at left follows in a general way the horseshoe arc of the Camp. Gillett Griswold and (Harry S. Truman Library museum curator) Milton Perry looking south toward site of President Truman's 129th Field Artillery Regiment Encampment in the distance. They are near Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

View south from the eminence near FD 17N where the tent of the Commanding General, 35th Division, Missouri and Kansas National Guard was located in 1917-1918. This is in Camp Doniphan, in Oklahoma. Milton Perry (curator of museum at Harry S. Truman Library) and Mr. Gillette Griswold are seen in the photo. These photos were found in the desk of former President Harry S. Truman.

Photograph of the future Post Exchange for North African Theater of Operations, United States Army (NATOUSA) WACs under construction in the WAC battalion area in North Africa. The WAC pictured in the doorway is unidentified.

An unidentified WAC supervises the cutting of salvage barrage balloon material to be used for lining the Post Exchange in the WAC Battalion area in the North African Theater of Operations, United States Army (NATOUSA). All others are also unidentified.

Two unidentified WACs photographed moving beds into the WAC barracks in North Africa.

A photograph of the road leading in front of the WAC barracks and the Administration Building in the WAC area in North Africa. Note the donkey-pulled garbage disposal unit parked in front of the building.

Photograph of the WAC battalion parking and motor pool area under construction in North Africa. All the people pictured are unidentified.

A photograph of the road leading to the WAC Battalion area in North Africa. The people walking on the street are unidentified.