CAMP MACKALL, NC SCENES |
Field training exercises at Mackall were
all important but there was soldiering, worship and free time to be spent
off base as well, if you managed to pass all of the other things first.
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Dress Inspection
E Co. 3rd Squad, 1st Platoon dresses up their line as they
stand inspection |
508th with Colors drilling
on Camp Mackall's parade grounds. |
Chapel. Camp Mackall
(photo by Martin Teahan) |
(l-r) Tom Porcella, James
Murphy, Dave O'Halloran, John Downes (note the sandals worn by Downes)
Taken at Camp Mackall, 1943
(Photo courtesy Tom Porcella) |
Three-Day Pass
(Charlotte, NC, 1943)
Carl Nilsen, Gerald Adams and Bill Lamberson enjoy
some leave while training at Camp Mackall.
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A bit of horse-play always fits
into the day |

Hand To Hand Combat
with each man battling for the other man's rifle
(Photo courtesy Liz Farrell) |

Two Gun Tex
has the other man whipped
(Photo courtesy Liz Farrell) |