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Soldiers as Entertainers, Camp Greene, NC [1]

This photo was taken on the front steps of barracks # 5 at Camp Greene in May of 1918. These soldiers had performed a program at the Selwyn Hotel in Charlotte the prior week. From left to right - 

Top row - Max Rogow, tumbling artist; Joseph Lawlor, who recited the Service poem "Only a Boche";

Second row - Corp. George Roff and Sgt. Elwood Frayne, who furnished a piano medley; George Ryder, leader of the community chorus;

Above the lower row - Verlin J. Harrold who recited two of his latest poems, one being "The Bard of Barrack Six;"

Bottom row, - Sgt. Arthur Rankin, member of the program committee; Top Sgt. Patrick J. Dempsey, toaster, and Sgt. Goldstein, who had a piano monologue.

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The Caduceus, 5/25/1918

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Doughboys & Camp Greene Mecklenburg County, NC 1917-1918 [2]
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Doughboys and Camp Greene: Image Gallery: Photographs [4]
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