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From Camp Meade to New York on the Homeward Run
A returning veteran recounts discharge at Camp Meade Md on May 8 and swift travel home via Baltimore Philadelphia and New York City. He notes low lodging costs for servicemen, visits to Independence Hall the Liberty Bell and Carpenters Hall in Philadelphia, a side trip to Camden and a stay at Red Cross Red Circle and Salvation Army shelters in New York. He mentions meeting former camp acquaintances and a Des Moines secretary at the Hall of States before continuing the narrative on page seven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Benthroth
Mary Benthroth
Waterloo
Iona
Kansas
United War Work
South Dakota
South Omaha
Leon G. Voorhees
Anta
Knoxville
William Johnson
Taylor County
Elmer Wheeler
Lee Johnson
William
Clarion
Liev. J. C. Ewing
Fontanelle
Aero Clubs of America
Atlantic City
N. J
Ewing
Rantoul
Kelly Field
M. BE. Hel
Jeferson
Hall
Sioux Falls
Iowa
Thomas Robinson
Independence
Claude Hawkins
Walker
Robinson
Cedar Rapids
Frank Kastlau, Jr
Tracr
University of Iowa
Minnesota
Homer Brown
Traer
W. L. Harding
Iowa Society of New York
Jerry B. Sullivan i
Iowa State College
Bellevue
C. J. Werster
Sabula
John Ross
Werster
Camp Meade
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Station
Sam
Masonic Temple
Independence Hall
Congressional Hall
Carpenters Hall
Henry George
Delaware River
Camden
New York City
Metropolia
New Station
Hudson River
Red Cross