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Corporate Author U.S. Army Basic Combat Training Museum, compiler.

Title The birth of Camp Jackson : a collection of photographs, maps and papers documenting the development of Camp Jackson near Columbia, South Carolina. Including a discussion of the need for training camps and soldiers in World War I, the offer presented by the city of Columbia to the Army to help fill that need, the construction of Camp Jackson and the structures built there, the units and people who populated the camp, and the training that converted [the] average American citizens into the world's greatest soldiers / compiled by U.S. Army Combat Training Museum.

Publication Info. Fort Jackson, South Carolina : U.S. Army Basic Combat Training Museum, 2016.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Archives Fed Docs Oversize  D 101.2:J 13/2    ---  Lib Use Only
Description 248 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 x 44 cm
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Contents 1. The Need - A background of the war in Europe, why the United States entered the war in 1917, and how the United States answered the need for trained Soldiers -- 2. The Offer - An account of how Columbia solicited the Army to build a military cantonment in the middle of South Carolina -- 3. The Construction - A history of how a cantonment for 44,000 Soldiers was built in less than six months -- 4. The Buildings - A description of the buildings and infrastructure constructed at Camp Jackson to train an Army -- 5. The Units - A record of the units who passed through Camp Jackson from June 1917 to October 1919 -- 6. The People - A listing of the significant people who populated Camp Jackson during the Great War -- 7. The Training - A brief sketch of the training that was necessary to mold average American citizens into the world's greatest infantry and artillery Soldiers.
Subject United States. Army -- History -- Pictorial works.
United States. Army -- Military construction operations -- History.
Camp Jackson (S.C.) -- History -- Pictorial works.
Fort Jackson (S.C.) -- History -- Pictorial works.
Columbia (S.C.) -- History -- Pictorial works.
Military bases -- United States -- History.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Engineering and construction.
Basic training (Military education) -- United States.
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Cover Title Birth of Camp Jackson, Columbia S. Carolina, National Army Cantonment
Gpo Item No. 0325
Sudoc No. D 101.2:J 13/2

 
    
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