Morale High Among 8000 Iowans At Claiborne Visit
A Cedar Rapids party tours Camp Claiborne Louisiana where 8000 Iowa soldiers of the 34th division and 18000 from nearby states are stationed. The piece highlights high morale, camp life, tents, messes, and recreational shows, plus Iowa unit details and key personnel assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claiborne
Camp Chaiborne
Iowa
John Sallach
Cedar Rapids
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Louisiana
Cedar Rapids Men Mentioned in Military Mess Construction
Cedar Rapids men are noted in relation to building work including ten mess buildings ten barracks and two officers quarters as part of a military project. Ninety nine of the one hundred sixty eight men are identified in the passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claiborne
Uncle Sam
136Th Medical Averill
Cedar Rapids
185Th Field Artillery
Carlton K. Smith
B. R. Averill
Leo B. Sedlacek
Donald G. Wingert
Bob Abodeely
George Nissen
Camp Claiborne
136Th Medical Regiment
Soldier Fights Off Shark With Fists on Sullivan's Island
Private Howard E. Sweatman, 20, a student at Fort Moultrie motor transport school, fought off a large shark after it bit his chest while he bathed in chest deep water at Sullivan's Island. He was torn and required an operation. Spectators watched as the shark swam away and residents said three large sharks had been seen in the shallow water that morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
S. C
Howard E. Sweatman
Fort Moultrie
Sweatmon
Fort Oglethorpe
Sullivan's Island
Here
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Alexandria
Baby Online Samedien
Save Ing
Motion Picture House
Reveille
Sedk
New Orleans
Jirsa
C. BR
Harold O. Jirsa
Locher
136Th Medical
Leo G. Severn
Dental Corps
James J. Redmond
John J. Keith
Marion
Peter Topic
Medical Administrative Corps
136Th
Charles H. Hol
1334
Louis W. Sanders
Fred Smith
59Th Field Artillery Brigade
Wayne A. Walton
John T. Herson
Lake Mills
Bernard Kehoe
Dean Turnipseed
Cornelius Tuecke
Garnaville
James Remley
Anamosa
Cloyd Rauch
Victor
Ellsworth Butler
North English
Cleo Hall
Fred Henson
Richard McLaughlin
Robert Brown
Corp
Charles Russell
Roger Reve
James Reed
George DeLay
Frank Wetzel
William Huston
Joe Callan
Montgomery Ward & CO
Second Street
DIAL
Shark
Second Ave
L's Appli
Seersucker
Majestic Ray
Vanity Fair
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