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Camp Shelby notes and Navy training camp visits
A reader from Bollinger County writes of Camp Shelby near Hattiesburg Mississippi describing the dry dusty weather, friendly locals, and mix of troops from West Virginia Kentucky and Indiana. He mentions housing feeding clothing doubts about conditions and plans for France, plus a Navy recruit story from Norfolk detailing a large training camp, bungalows, hammocks, aviation school, and daily routines with a parade and best wishes to readers.
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Bollinger County
Shelby
Mississippi
Hattisburg
West Virginia
Kentucky
Indiana
Somme
Reveille
Hatron Press
Tre
Navy
Navy Fife
United States Navy
St Louis
Missouri
Norfolk
United States
Bessieshie Navy
Aviation Corps