136th Infantry Band, 33rd Division under the direction of First Lieutenant Gleason. The band helped welcome the incoming cadre of the newly activated 80th Division at Camp Forrest, Tennessee (1942). Courtesy of Albert Gore Research Center, Middle Tennessee State University
Soldiers of the 41st Evacuation Hospital broadcast a play over the PA system on a Sunday afternoon during the summer of 1943. Their maneuvers encampment was located seventeen miles south of Murfreesboro near Beech Grove. Photographed (left to right) are Captain A. D. Friedman (Hackensack, New Jersey), Lieutenant M. Rubban (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), Private S. F. Fortekk (St. Paul, Minnesota), Corporal Louis Fenney (Des Moines, Iowa), Lieutenant (Nurse) Edna Miller (Fresno, California), Lieutenant (Nurse) Alice Phillips (Portland, Oregon), and Tech 4 Ernest New (New Orleans, Louisiana). The photo was originally published in Eugene H. Sloan’s book, With The Second Army: Somewhere in Tennessee (1956). Courtesy of Albert Gore Research Center, Middle Tennessee State University
Marion Skeen Coleman Peck (1913-1992) was born in Little Rock, Arkansas and later settled in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Her knack for writing eventually earned her a spot on the front lines of the U.S. Army Maneuvers in Louisiana in 1941. The Associated Press Nashville Bureau hired Coleman as a staff writer and assigned her coverage of the Tennessee Maneuvers in 1943. Her experience with the maneuvers gave her the ability to campaign actively for a more fulfilling position overseas. In 1944, she sailed to London to work for the Office of War Information as a caption writer. Coleman selected and wrote captions on World War II photographs for articles published by the Associated Press. After the war, she stayed in Europe to work for the U.S. Office of Military Government. She returned to Tennessee in 1953. Courtesy of Albert Gore Research Center, Middle Tennessee State University.
Soldiers play at Ovoca Falls near the Knights of Pythias Orphanage just outside Tullahoma, Tennessee. There were numerous lakes and waterfalls throughout the area that Soldiers could enjoy while off duty. Courtesy of Albert Gore Research Center, Middle Tennessee State University.
Bingo cards and tokens. Bingo was a popular game during World War II. It was often used to raise money for the war effort. Courtesy of Camp Forrest Foundation
Bingo cards and tokens. Bingo was a popular game during World War II. It was often used to raise money for the war effort. Courtesy of Camp Forrest Foundation
