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Title
Camp
Forrest
family
day
,
1941
April
20
Corporate name
Camp Forrest (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Topical entry
Families of military personnel--Tennessee
World War, 1939-1945--History--Sources
Military training camps--Tennessee, Middle
World War, 1939-1945--History--Sources
Geographic entry
Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Tennessee, Middle--History--Sources
Coffee County (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Description
Pictured
:
“’Big
Boy
Sarg,’
a
two-year-old
Great
Dane
, the
mascot
of the
Seventy-fifth
Brigade
,
Field
Artillery
,
condescended
to
look
over
the
proceedings
of the
day
accompanied
by,
left
to
right
:
Privates
W
.
D
.
MacDonald
,
Howard
Harrison
, and
Dallas
?
Roberts
,
all
of the
Brigade
Headquarters
Battery
, and
all
from
Lebanon
,
Tenn
.
According
to his
escorts
,
‘Big
Boy
Sarg’
is
the
most
popular
individual
in the
whole
Brigade
. They
said
he
knows
almost
all
the
men
in the
camp
, but
doesn’t
like
or
notice
any
strangers
who
chance
his
way.”
Source
:
Nashville
Banner
. A
scene
from
family
day
at
Camp
Forrest
on
April
20th
,
1941
.
Camp
Forrest
was
built
near
Tullahoma
,
Tennessee
as a
National
Guard
Camp
in
1926
.
During
World
War
II
,
Camp
Forrest
was
one
of the
Army’s
largest
training
bases
for
infantry
,
artillery
,
engineer
, and
signal
organizations
.
It
also
served
as a
hospital
center
and
temporary
encampment
area
for
troops
during
maneuvers
.
Large
scale
war
games
were
conducted
in an
area
around
Camp
Forrest
as
America
conducted
a
full
dress
rehearsal
for the
coming
invasion
in
Europe
.
William
Northern
Field
, an
air
training
base
, was an
addition
for
war
preparation
.
Camp
Forrest
officially
became
a
prisoner
of
war
camp
May
12
,
1942
.
Initially
the
camp
held
civilian
detainees
who
were
incarcerated
under
a
program
called
“Alien
Enemy
Control.”
During
the
World
War
II
,
hundreds
of
thousands
of
military
soldiers
trained
in the
Tennessee
Maneuvers
area
.
Forms
part
of
Record
Group
412
,
Photographs
Collection
.
1
photograph
negative
:
b
&
w
;
4
x
5
in.
Publisher
Metropolitan
Nashville/Davidson
County
Archives
,
Nashville
Public
Library
Date
1941-04-20
Type
Still
Image
;
Negatives
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
RG 412 258 Camp Forrest family day April 20 1941 007
Relation
Record
Group
412
Coverage
1940-1949
Rights
U.S
. and
international
copyright
laws
protect
this
digital
content
,
which
is
provided
for
educational
purposes
only
and
may
not be
downloaded
,
reproduced
, or
distributed
for any
other
purpose
without
written
permission
.
Please
contact
the
Metro
Archives
,
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
.
Telephone
(615)
862-5880
.
Location
Closed Stacks, Metro Archives RG 412
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