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Camp Beauregard Historical Photos

October 31, 2017 Site Admin 0
126th Infantry Company F from Grand Haven marching at Camp Beauregard, LA
Company F from Grand Haven marches at Camp Beauregard, LA while women wait at home for news and letters. Read Story
Life at Camp Beauregard
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Life at Camp Beauregard

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Pictures from Camp Beauregard, Alexandria, LA in 1940.... Read Story
State Guardsmen begin long grind at training camp.
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State Guardsmen Begin Long Grind At Training Camp

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The training schedule at Camp Beauregard in Louisiana called for eight hours a day of training for 13 weeks.... Read Story
Camp Beauregard, LA
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Guardsmen Reach Camp Beauregard

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Oct. 28, 1940: Muskegon, Grand Haven and Holland companies of the 126th Infantry reached Camp Beauregard, LA where they will... Read Story
Quiet Throng Bids Adieu
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Quiet Throng Bids Adieu To Local Guard Units

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20,000 well wishers lined the streets of Muskegon, MI to send their boys off for training, with war weighing heavily... Read Story
Men of Company G Called in Peacetime Mobilization
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Men of Company G Called in Peacetime Mobilization

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October 25, 1940: Peacetime mobilization unprecedented in the history of the United States.... Read Story
Company G Packs for camp
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Company G and Headquarters Units Begin to Pack for Trip to Camp.

October 24, 2017 Site Admin 0 Comments
Physicals, vaccinations, and marking down any tattoos, fillings or scars that could be used to identify them if necessary. War... Read Story
32nd Division 126th Infantry Company G at Muskegon Armory, October 25, 1940
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96 Guardsmen Mobilized at Muskegon Armory, 1940

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October 15, 1940: Muskegon's two National Guard units mobilized for a year of active service.... Read Story
Will Report at Armories - newspaper clipping
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M-day for Guardsmen Tomorrow

October 23, 2017 Site Admin 0 Comments
October 14, 1940: The nation's first peacetime draft was enacted and the National Guard was called to active duty.... Read Story
Grand sendoff for Company G - Spirt equals or surpasses 1917
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“Maybe it’s because we who were going away in 1917 know how these boys feel”

October 18, 2017 Site Admin 0 Comments
Some veterans believed that the sendoff for these young men was equal to or surpassed the community spirit in 1917.... Read Story
Capt. Covell
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World War Wounds Bar Capt. Covell from Service

October 17, 2017 Site Admin 0 Comments
Rejected by Examiners, Co. G Commander Swears in Men, Successor Named. With a new commanding officer in charge of Company... 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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