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  • Tags: Basic Training/Boot Camp

1941_0110 The Dixie.pdf
Newspaper published by the 31st Infantry Division while they were stationed at Camp Blanding.

V1 N7 27 February 1942 .pdf
News of the Evacuation Hospital staff. The Sand Paper, newsletter of the 6th Evacuation Hospital while they were stationed at Camp Blanding during World War II.

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Sketch cartoon drawings of a recruit with a vampire figure about to administer a shot, secondary sketch of a pig.

Arthur Chestnut, a U.S. Coastguardsman stationed in St. Augustine made drawings twice a month for The Shield, the official magazine…

Bayonet v1 no 16 14 January 1944.pdf
Part of the collection of IRTC newspapers. The Camp Blanding Museum Archives and Reference Resource Room holds a complete collection of the World War II IRTC newspapers.

Report v1 no1 5 April 1944.pdf
"Camp Blanding Report" published for the Station Complement During the Latter Years of World War II.

OH-211 Dye Audio.mp3
Oral history interview with Harold C. Dye about life in South Carolina during the Great Depression, working in a Pensacola shipyard, basic training, war experiences in the Pacific on troop ships and landing craft, and the transition into post-war…

Aerial of Station Hospital.jpg
Aerial photo of the Camp Blanding Station Hospital and Reception-Induction Center, with Kingsley Lake in the background.

V1 N1 31 May 1941.pdf
A weekly newsletter for Station Hospital staff during World War II. The Camp Blanding Museum holds a complete collection of "The Bulletin" for the war years.

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The chemical warfare book features typed instructions and handwritten illustrations. This belonged to Jay Owens, former USCG member that trained in St. Augustine during WWII. 130 pages.

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Two Coast Guard Reserves Trainees, one wearing a mask and the other looking down the barrel of his gun, appear to be inspecting their equipment, at the Hotel Ponce de Leon Training Center during WWII.
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