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The birth of Camp Jackson : a collection of photographs, maps and papers documenting the development of Camp Jackson near Columbia, South Carolina. Including a discussion of the need for training camps and soldiers in World War I, the offer presented by the city of Columbia to the Army to help fill that need, the construction of Camp Jackson and the structures built there, the units and people who populated the camp, and the training that converted average American citizens into the world's greatest soldiers

Title: The birth of Camp Jackson : a collection of photographs, maps and papers documenting the development of Camp Jackson near Columbia, South Carolina. Including a discussion of the need for training camps and soldiers in World War I, the offer presented by the city of Columbia to the Army to help fill that need, the construction of Camp Jackson and the structures built there, the units and people who populated the camp, and the training that converted average American citizens into the world's greatest soldiers / compiled by U.S. Basic Army Combat Training Museum.
Author: U.S. Army Basic Combat Training Museum, compiler.
Publication: Fort Jackson, South Carolina : United States Army Basic Combat Training Museum, 2016.

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Description

248 pages : illustrations (some color), maps; 28 x 44 cm

Alternative Title

Birth of Camp Jackson, Columbia, S. Carolina, Established 1917, National Army Cantonment
Camp Jackson, Columbia. South Carolina, Established 1917

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-247).

Contents

1. The Need - A background of the war in Europe, why the United States entered the war in 1917, and how the United States answered the need for trained Soldiers -- 2. The Offer - An account of how Columbia solicited the Army to build a military cantonment in the middle of South Carolina -- 3. The Construction - A history of how a cantonment for 44,000 Soldiers was built in less than six months -- 4. The Buildings - A description of the buildings and infrastructure constructed at Camp Jackson to train an Army -- 5. The Units - A record of the units who passed through Camp Jackson from June 1917 to October 1919 -- 6. The People - A listing of the significant people who populated Camp Jackson during the Great War -- 7. The Training - A brief sketch of the training that was necessary to mold average American citizens into the world's greatest infantry and artillery Soldiers.

Call Number

JFH 17-1

OCLC

957491629

Author

U.S. Army Basic Combat Training Museum, compiler.

Title

The birth of Camp Jackson : a collection of photographs, maps and papers documenting the development of Camp Jackson near Columbia, South Carolina. Including a discussion of the need for training camps and soldiers in World War I, the offer presented by the city of Columbia to the Army to help fill that need, the construction of Camp Jackson and the structures built there, the units and people who populated the camp, and the training that converted average American citizens into the world's greatest soldiers / compiled by U.S. Basic Army Combat Training Museum.

Publisher

Fort Jackson, South Carolina : United States Army Basic Combat Training Museum, 2016.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-247).

Cover Title

Birth of Camp Jackson, Columbia, S. Carolina, Established 1917, National Army Cantonment

Gpo Item No.

0325

Sudoc No.

D 101.2:J 13/2

Research Call Number

JFH 17-1

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