WW1 Photos: Forging the Sword: The Story of Camp Devens - 1920

Photographs and Other Images Sourced from the Book The Story of Camp Devens: Forging the Sword, 1920. A part of a World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

Front Cover, Forging the Sword: The Story of Camp Devens, 1920.

Front Cover, Forging the Sword: The Story of Camp Devens, 1920. GGA Image ID # 18970c29df

Civilians This Morning--Soldiers This Afternoon. the Selective Service Draftees Got Rousing Farewells as They Left for Camp.

Civilians This Morning--Soldiers This Afternoon. the Selective Service Draftees Got Rousing Farewells as They Left for Camp. Forging the Sword: The Story of Camp Devens, 1920. GGA Image ID # 18978947da

Chow! It Didn't Taste so Bad after a Day Filled with Marching and Drills.

Chow! It Didn't Taste so Bad after a Day Filled with Marching and Drills. Forging the Sword: The Story of Camp Devens, 1920. GGA Image ID # 18981846fe

The YWCA Hostess House at Camp Devens.

The YWCA Hostess House at Camp Devens. Forging the Sword: The Story of Camp Devens, 1920. GGA Image ID # 1898b3f41f

The Liberty Theatre at Camp Devens.

The Liberty Theatre at Camp Devens. Forging the Sword: The Story of Camp Devens, 1920. GGA Image ID #

Thousands of Devens Men Became Citizens of the United States, Shown Being Sworn in by Judge Morton of Boston.

Thousands of Devens Men Became Citizens of the United States, Shown Being Sworn in by Judge Morton of Boston. Forging the Sword: The Story of Camp Devens, 1920. GGA Image ID # 18991b515f

Colonel J. B. Kemper, 73rd Infantry.

Colonel J. B. Kemper, 73rd Infantry. Forging the Sword: The Story of Camp Devens, 1920. GGA Image ID # 1899350050

Major-General Henry P. McCain, Commander of the Plymouth 12th Division.

Major-General Henry P. McCain, Commander of the Plymouth 12th Division. Forging the Sword: The Story of Camp Devens, 1920. GGA Image ID # 189a206b5b

The Base Hospital and The Rest of the Camp in the Distance.

The Base Hospital and The Rest of the Camp in the Distance. Photograph © A. M. Galaid, Boston. Forging the Sword: The Story of Camp Devens, 1920. GGA Image ID # 1899a7abba

The Student Nurses at the Base Hospital.

The Student Nurses at the Base Hospital. Front row, left to right: Misses Nancy S. Hapgood, Edith I. Perkins, Harriet E. Scott, Luella A. Belcher, Helen N. Davies, Helen A. Kennedy, Mildred A. Prior, Marjorie E. Davies, Jennie M. Carter, Mabel A. Turner, Dorothy M. Israel, Worthington Harry, Doris Paine, Isabel B. Walker, Alice E. Stansbury. Back row, left right: Misses M. Ethel Smith, Natalie K. Robert, Virginia Wright, Annie A. Dennett, Rosalind G. Parker, Eleanor Rantoul, Rose McNaught, Jeanette Kilbam, Beatrice K. Barnes, Elsie I. Rogers, Louise E. Flaxington, Lucie E. Greenfield, Helen S. Grant, Candace F. Seeley, Dorothy W. Crosby, Helen K. Friend, Olivia Ames. Forging the Sword: The Story of Camp Devens, 1920. GGA Image ID # 1899a803ab

The Base Hospital and the Rest of the Camp in the Distance.

The Base Hospital and the Rest of the Camp in the Distance. Forging the Sword: The Story of Camp Devens, 1920. GGA Image ID # 189a21e590

The Plymouth Division Passes in Review.

The Plymouth Division Passes in Review. Forging the Sword: The Story of Camp Devens, 1920. GGA Image ID # 189a235465

The First Group of Wounded Men to Arrive at Camp Devens. Shot to Pieces, but Happy to be Home.

The First Group of Wounded Men to Arrive at Camp Devens. Shot to Pieces, but Happy to be Home. Forging the Sword: The Story of Camp Devens, 1920. GGA Image ID # 189b03fd86

Discharged! The Last March Through Camp, and One of the Happiest.

Discharged! The Last March Through Camp, and One of the Happiest. Photography by George H. Davis, Jr., Boston Globe. Forging the Sword: The Story of Camp Devens, 1920. GGA Image ID # 189b684903

Home Again After Ten Months Overseas--Men of the 301st Field Signal Battalion, 76th Division.

Home Again After Ten Months Overseas--Men of the 301st Field Signal Battalion, 76th Division. Forging the Sword: The Story of Camp Devens, 1920. GGA Image ID # 189b956f96

The "Mount Vernon" in Boston Harbor with Her Priceless Cargo: Victorious Doughboys.

The "Mount Vernon" in Boston Harbor with Her Priceless Cargo: Victorious Doughboys. Forging the Sword: The Story of Camp Devens, 1920. GGA Image ID # 189bc6b29d

"Over the Top" for the Last Time, and Into the Arms of Their Waiting Families--Overseas Men Returning to Camp Devens for Discharge.

"Over the Top" for the Last Time, and Into the Arms of Their Waiting Families--Overseas Men Returning to Camp Devens for Discharge. Forging the Sword: The Story of Camp Devens, 1920. GGA Image ID # 189c4cd6fc

The Colors of the 301st Engineers Coming Up to Dock at Boston, Just Back from France and Germany.

The Colors of the 301st Engineers Coming Up to Dock at Boston, Just Back from France and Germany. Forging the Sword: The Story of Camp Devens, 1920. GGA Image ID # 189c751b42

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