As promised, here are a few images of postcards showing what life was like at Camp Zachary Taylor which have yet to be added to the the World War I pages of my website at www.HarrisoCountyKy.US.
Such images bring the past alive in a way nothing else can. It is almost, but not quite, like you were there.
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A Message from Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Ky.
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Constructing Camp Zachary Taylor at Louisville, Ky.
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L. Herbert and His Comrades, the First of the Kentucky Contingent to Register at Camp Zachary Taylor … |
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A Line-Up of Raw Recruits …
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167th Infantry Brigade ...
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Out on a Hike …
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| Wash Day ... |
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Taking fresh air and sunshine on a typical ward porch.
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Who’s Next? …
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Training in Domestic Science at Camp Zachary Taylor …
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(The texts and images above were originally published in the May 2017 issue of the Harrison Heritage News, the monthly newsletter of the Harrison County (Ky,) Historical Society, in a special supplement entitled "Winning World War I"). Here the texts are presented with some slight revisions and additions to the original.)
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