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Following the 32nd Infantry Division during WWII

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Camp Livingston, Louisiana

January 26, 2018 Site Admin 14
Camp Livingston Master Plan map from 1945, Alexandria, LA, National Guard
77 years after my grandfather moved in to the all new Camp Livingston, I returned to see what remained of this "model camp". Read Story
Hutta and James Schultz at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana in 1940.
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Guards Welcome General Colladay

January 24, 2018 Site Admin 0 Comments
The Army was in need of leadership and though the General hadn't passed his physical, he was reinstated after a... Read Story
American soldiers in New Guinea, WWII
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Battle of Buna 75th Anniversary

January 22, 2018 Site Admin 8 Comments
Poorly Trained. Ill equipped. Fever-ridden. Before they faced the enemy, these men battled the jungle, extreme weather, and disease. ... Read Story
Company G Street, Camp Livingston, Louisiana, WWII
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Guardsmen Start Moving to New Louisiana Camp

January 21, 2018 Site Admin 0 Comments
The move from Camp Beauregard to Camp Livingston was underway.... Read Story
Camp Livingston, Louisiana
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Michigan Men Soon to Move Into New Camp

January 18, 2018 Site Admin 0 Comments
The men of the 32nd would soon leave the place they called "Camp Disregard" to the new Camp Livingston in... Read Story
WWII Rifle training M1 Garand
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Company G Prepares for Intensive Rifle Training

January 17, 2018 Site Admin 0 Comments
Company G had 36 new M-1 Garand rifles and were ready for training.... Read Story
New Orleans French Quarter, 1941
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Guardsmen Spend Quiet Holiday at Camp Beauregard

January 6, 2018 Site Admin 0 Comments
Camp life over the holidays involved parties, trips to New Orleans and visits with family.... Read Story
Sergeant Groulx, Company G.
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Company G Men Resume Training

January 3, 2018 Site Admin 0 Comments
With Christmas leave over, Company G men boarded a train back to Camp Beauregard.... Read Story
Albert 'Deacon' Dennis, KIA 1943 near Buna, New Guinea
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75 Years Ago: Albert “Deacon” Dennis Killed In Action

January 1, 2018 Site Admin 5 Comments
He was killed in the Battle of Buna on Janauary 1, 1943 at the age of twenty.... 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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