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Stanley McHatton poses in uniform, 1917. The McHattons lived in Gypsum and Stanley graduated from Eagle High School.
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A few soldiers at the same camp as George Frey during World War I: "Witherspoon, ?, and Hyjack as friends October 6, '19" (from photo verso).
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"B. Co. S.N.G. BAT'N" - caption on verso. The photograph appears to show George Frey, arm in a sling, with an army nurse. There is a barrack in the background; photo does have pen smudges from album.
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A mess of men outside the mess hall at Camp Vail. George Frey wrote on the verso, "Mess Call 13th Service Camp Vail".
Despite its namesake, the Camp Vail in this photograph is unrelated to the Vail that would become a booming ski town near George Frey's hometown. Camp Vail was a training center commissioned in 1917 located in east-central New Jersey. Its namesake is Alfred Vail, who worked with Samuel Morse to develop the commercial telegraph....
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George Strohm poses for a photograph in his World War I uniform. A flag is hung behind him and his arm is resting on the back of a chair. Strohm would come home from the war and would be influential in local government as the Mayor of Gypsum.
