Corner of Operating Room, Base Hospital
Corner of Operating Room, Base Hospital, Camp Greene, N. C. 12/7/191
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Bosses, Camp Greene, NC
These bosses stopped to have their picture taken on 8/20/1918 under a large oak tree behind the detachment row. This body is described as 'the cabinet that directs the destinies of the enlisted men of the base hospital.' Top row, left to right: Corporal Lyons, Corporal Hart, Sgt. Wright and Sgt. 1st Class Woolard. Seated, left to right: Hospital Sgt. P. J. Dempsey, Capt. William Carnog and Sgt. 1st Class Chester F. Leighton.
Soldiers and nurses
Camp Greene soldiers visit with camp nurses.
Main Entrance of Officer's Ward of Base Hospital
Main entrance, Officer's Ward and Mess Hall. Base Hospital, Camp Greene, N.C. 11/1917
Motivational Sign, Camp Greene, NC
Capt. Thomas C. Crowe, detachment commander of the base hospital, became famous for this sign. He had it placed at the end of the barracks row so that all men saw it every day. His men felt that they would remember these words long after they had departed Camp Greene.
'A Row' near Ward A2
'A Row' near Ward A2, Base Hospital, Camp Greene, N. C.
Persimmon on Corner, Base Hospital
'Persimmon on Corner,' Base Hospital, Camp Greene, N.C., 12/7/1918
Corner of Operating Room
Corner of Operating Room, Base Hospital, Camp Greene, N. C. 12/7/1918
Doughboys and Camp Greene: Image Galleries
Personal cameras were very rare during World War I. According to a newspaper account from The Charlotte Observer on January 28, 1934, professional photographers flocked to Charlotte during World War I. They set up shop in stores, tents and even a residence to capture the pictures of the era.
Images of Camp Greene are grouped under four headings:
Images - documents, menus, newspaper clippings, and objects that were part of camp life.
Cooks, Camp Greene, NC
These men cooked their way into the hearts of the soldiers stationed at Camp Greene. They suffered the heat of the kitchen and had little or no cooking experience before joining the army. Some were stenographers, traveling salesmen, clerks, an ex-sailor, a bartender, mechanics, lumbermen and a man 'who made Laske's Clippings famous all over New England.' Top row, left to right: Wright, VanTassell, Sgt. Laske, Lennix, Scherbarth and Pinkham. Second Row, left to right: Tannreuther, Barnes, Butler, Western and Bingham. Bottom Row: Westgate and Bauers.