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Following the 32nd Infantry Division during WWII

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Christmas Leave Coming To An End

December 30, 2017 Site Admin 0
126th Infantry at Camp Livingston
The Guardsmen gave families a look at Camp Beauregard before they returned to Louisiana. Read Story
Christmas at Camp Beauregard. Company G Street, Dec. 1940
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Christmas at Camp Beauregard

December 27, 2017 Site Admin 0 Comments
Not every solider got to go home for holidays, but they were able to celebrate Christmas in Louisiana.... Read Story
Navy sailor home for Christmas in WWII
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My Boy Came Home for Christmas

December 25, 2017 Site Admin 0 Comments
But Christmas Day won't be the same For us this year, I know: Ev'ry moment I'll be thinking Of the time he has... Read Story
Frank Hutta and James Schultz at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana in 1940
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Home for the Holidays

December 24, 2017 Site Admin 1 Comments
Dec. 21, 1940: "And we'll all turn out when Johnny comes marching home!" They had been gone for two months,... Read Story
3/4 ton 4x4, Camp Beauregard, 1940
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Muskegon Guardsmen Coming Home for Christmas

December 19, 2017 Site Admin 0 Comments
After 2 months in Louisiana, the Muskegon boys were coming home for a 9 day Christmas leave.... Read Story
Guardsmen receiving best of care at Camp Beauregard
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National Guardsmen Receiving Best of Care

December 2, 2017 Site Admin 2 Comments
Camp athletics, first run movies, and trips to town (10ยข on the bus) balanced the 5 or 6 hours of... Read Story
James Schultz and 2 other soldiers in Louisiana
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Yule Leaves for Guardsmen Sought

November 28, 2017 Site Admin 0 Comments
Just over a year before Pearl Harbor, the guardsmen hoped to get a few days off to go home for... Read Story
LaVanture, Lund and Stenberg at Camp Beauregard in 1940.
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Thanksgiving at Camp Beauregard, 1940

November 24, 2017 Site Admin 1 Comments
The boys were well-fed and well-equipped, according to this report.... Read Story
Soldiers at Camp Beauregard in 1940.
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With The Boys At Camp Beauregard

November 20, 2017 Site Admin 0 Comments
The hometown newspaper had updates from the boys at Camp Beauregard, including a weather report, a birthday, and news of... Read Story
Guardsmen enter Camp Beauregard in Alexandria, Louisiana
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Camp Beauregard

November 12, 2017 Site Admin 0 Comments
Camp Beauregard was now home to the division, but it's infrastructure was not prepared to handle so many men.... Read Story
News from home
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News From Home

November 7, 2017 Site Admin 0 Comments
Letters from home arrive at Camp Beauregard.... Read Story
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32nd Division 126th Infantry Company G at Muskegon Armory, October 25, 1940

96 Guardsmen Mobilized at Muskegon Armory, 1940

Grand sendoff for Company G - Spirt equals or surpasses 1917

“Maybe it’s because we who were going away in 1917 know how these boys feel”

Quiet Throng Bids Adieu

Quiet Throng Bids Adieu To Local Guard Units

LaVanture, Lund and Stenberg at Camp Beauregard in 1940.

Thanksgiving at Camp Beauregard, 1940

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