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"Camp Shelby, Mississippi.... is located twelves miles from the City of Hattiesburg, Miss. Built to accommodate 55,000 soldiers and is the second largest training camp. Costing more than $22,000,000. Camp Named for Famed Fighter. Home of some 50,000 fighting men, Camp Shelby gets its name from a famed leader of men of Colonial days - Colonel Isaac Shelby...." Postcard booklet containing eighteen scenes of Camp Shelby. Side 12.
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"Camp Shelby, Mississippi.... is located twelves miles from the City of Hattiesburg, Miss. Built to accommodate 55,000 soldiers and is the second largest training camp. Costing more than $22,000,000. Camp Named for Famed Fighter. Home of some 50,000 fighting men, Camp Shelby gets its name from a famed leader of men of Colonial days - Colonel Isaac Shelby...." Postcard booklet containing eighteen scenes of Camp Shelby. Side 12.
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- Series: 2
- Item: 2757
- Creator(s): Curt Teich Co.
- Description: "Camp Shelby, Mississippi.... is located twelves miles from the City of Hattiesburg, Miss. Built to accommodate 55,000 soldiers and is the second largest training camp. Costing more than $22,000,000. Camp Named for Famed Fighter. Home of some 50,000 fighting men, Camp Shelby gets its name from a famed leader of men of Colonial days - Colonel Isaac Shelby...." Postcard booklet containing eighteen scenes of Camp Shelby. Side 12.
- Date: 1942
- City/State: Camp Shelby, Mississippi
- County: Forrest County
- Call Number: PI/2015.0023/Series II
- Filename: 135843-12-postcard.tif