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[Ricardo]

(FORUM ADMIN NOTE: WE HAVE COMBINED TWO THREADS INTO ONE SO THERE MAY BE SOME REDUNDANCY)


This is INCREDIBLE ! The picture was taken in 1918. It is 18,000 men preparing for war in a training camp at Camp Dodge in Iowa. A gift from our grandfathers. ..



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Ricardo.

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In 1932 E.O. Goldbeck returned back to the Territory of Hawaii to take another formation of the "Living Insignia of the Hawaiian Division". This photo is a birds eye view likely taken by the 11th Photo Section of the Divisional Air Service. In the foreground you'll see a tower that was built for Photographer Goldbeck. It was built by the 3rd Engineers and measured a 117 feet height at Schofield Barracks. Over 15 miles of tape was staked out for the soldier of the Hawaiian Division to stand within. This insignia required about 8500 of the troopers which was almost the entire Division. I have old roll out photos that show the formation breaking apart and the final result. Up at Schofield Barracks Tropic Lightning Museum there is a photo poster that has the formation in center and around its border the Division's different regiments coat of arms. To bad one wasn't done for the Hawaiian Department too.

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