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Training Infantry Recruits in Arkansas
A series of letters describe training and camp life for service members across Arkansas and nearby Texas and Illinois. Art Noland writes from Camp Joseph T. Robinson Arkansas about IRTC training, Fred A. Albers at Great Lakes Naval Station thanks the American Legion Auxiliary for a sewing kit, Edwin Frerichs details basic medical training at Camp Barkeley Texas, and Cecil Julius at Dodge City Kansas outlines post consolidation and shift changes with upcoming inspections and a sense of duty.
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George
Miami Beach
Florida
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Camp Wheeler
I.R.T.C
IRTC
Infantry Recruit Training Center
the Tribune
Fred Albers
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Navy
Great Lakes
American Legion Auxiliary
Chow
Fred A. Albers
A. S. Co
Camp Barkeley
West Virginia
Broklyn
Texas
Edwin Frerichs
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ASFTC