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Identifier
20048958
Description
Communications personnel of the 36th Division at Camp Bowie moved out for command post exercises. Private Clyde W. Robertson, of Houston, Texas, member of the Headquarters Company, 144th Infantry, is using a field telephone switchboard to route a call between the front lines and regimental headquarters. He is wearing his military uniform and is kneeling on the grass to work on the switchboard. Private Robertson was a football and basketball letterman at Texas Christian University in 1928-30.
Archival Date
1941-05-31
Collection Name
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Collection Number
AR406-6-1311
Original Format
Negatives, Black & White
File Format
JPG
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Subjects
United States. Army; Military Camps; Military life; Military uniforms; Telephones; Telephone switchboards
Names
Camp Bowie Communications Personnel; 36th Division; Camp Bowie (Brown County, Tex.); Robertson, Clyde W.; Headquarters Company; Texas Christian University
Subjects
United States. Army; Military Camps; Military life; Military uniforms; Telephones; Telephone switchboards