Morale High Among 8000 Iowa Men at Claiborne Camp
A Cedar Rapids reporter visits Camp Claiborne Louisiana where 8000 Iowa soldiers live. Morale is high as officers and privates share daily routines, tents, meals, and recreation amid organized streets, hospitals, and post exchanges. Cedar Rapids units and leaders fill key roles across the 34th division and related regiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Claiborne
Iowa
John Sallach
Cedar Rapids
Reveille
Alexandria
Cedar Rapids Men Lead 133d Iowa Infantry Unit Details
Ninety nine of the 1468 men in Company C of the 133d Iowa Infantry hail from Cedar Rapids. The unit, once commanded by Capt. V. R. Dvorak of Cedar Rapids and now led by First Lieut. Ray R. Murdock, trains at Fort Benning with Capt. Walter A. Kansky noted as former headquarters commander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Elliott
Fort Benning
Cedar Rapids
136Th Medical Regiment
John Parke
B. R. Averill
34Th Division
185Th Field Artillery
Carlton K. Smith
Harold O. Jirsa
Claiborne
Leo B. Sedlacek
Keith W. Woodhouse
136Th Medical
Robert C. Locher
Leo G. Severn
Dental Corps
James J. Redmond
John J. Keith
Marion
133D
Iowa Infantry
V. R. Dvorak
133D Infantry
Ray R. Murdock
Walter A. Kansky
Soldier fends off shark at Sullivan's Island
Private Howard E. Sweatman 20 a Fort Moultrie student fought a large shark with his bare fists after it surfaced and bit his chest while he bathed in chest deep water at Sullivan's Island. He required an operation for torn chest muscles and loss of blood but was reported in good condition at the post hospital. Residents noted three large sharks in the shallow water earlier that morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
S. C
Howard E. Sweatman
Fort Moultrie
Post Hospital
Sweatman
Fort Oglethorpe
Sullivan’s Island
Here
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