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Doughboys & Camp Greene Mecklenburg County, NC 1917-1918

Cotton Field

A North Carolina cotton field in Dec. adjoining Base Hospital, Camp Greene, 12/1917

Index

Alexander, Sid, 6; house of, 22

American Library Association, 69

American Trust Company, 75

Arkansas, 29

Arrington, Minerva, 63

Ashley Park, vii

Associated Press, 23

Athens, Georgia, 2, 3

Ayres, W. A., 40

Bacon, Lieutenant W. J., 28

Baker, Newton D., 8, 9, 31

Baltimore, Maryland, 7, 15, 19, 23

Baxter, Herbert, 77

Beckenstein, Captain W. H., 28

Belk Brothers, 65, 66

Bergo, Sandy, xi

Berryhill House, 38

Boston, Massachusetts, 14

Bottomry, Mary, xi

Preface

LOCAL HISTORY has attracted greater interest as people recognize that everyday events are the building blocks of the national experience. This monograph describes a microcosmic part of the 1914-1918 war effort of the American people.
 

Foreword

Foreword

AS A YOUNGSTER, growing up in the area once occupied by Camp Greene was a treat. There were always stories about how the area was once covered with buildings and training equipment for the World War I soldiers. But during the 1960s and 70s there were few physical reminders of Camp Greene.