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  • Collection: Fred Hill World War II Photographs

Hundreds of soldiers sitting or standing in relaxed positions in a field.  Some fir tress are seen in the background.
"41st Div. - August 1940 - Fort Lewis back country - A great gathering of the 186th Infantry Companies - Camp Murray pyramidal tents in distance"

A long row of large tents along a dirt road.  Dozens of soldiers are standing or kneeling outside the tents, looking to be working.
"41st Division E 186 - Oct. 1940 - 1st Squad tents - no floors"

A semi-permanent military camp along a dirt road in a wooded clearing.  Some small wooden buildings appear closest, with rows of large tents behind them.
"41st Division - Oct. 1940 - 1st Squad tents - no floors - Long row of latrine buildings for all 15 units of the 186 Inf."

Soldiers working on skeletal wooden structures that make up large tents.  Two completed tents can be seen in the foreground.
"41st Division - Oct. 1940" Construction of 1st Squad tents - no floors

A semi-permanent military camp made up of many tents in a wooded clearing.  A few soldiers can be seen working or talking just outside of the tents.
"41st Division - Oct. 1940 - first 'homes' at Camp Murray - Ft. Lewis"

More than a dozen military trucks lined up in 3 lines, some of which have artillery cannons hitched to the back.  A tent camp and a forest are in the background.
"41st Division - Jan. 1941 - Views over Camp Murray from the top of the water tower - motor pool - tent areas - taken by Sgt. Bob Spencer using Fred Hill's speed graphic camera"

An view from on high and at a distance of a semi-permanent military camp in a wooded clearing.
"41st Division - Jan. 1941 - Views over Camp Murray from the top of the water tower - tent areas - taken by Sgt. Bob Spencer using Fred Hill's speed graphic camera"

More than a dozen military trucks lined up in five lines, some of which have artillery cannons hitched to the back. A tent camp and a forest are in the background.
"41st Division - Jan. 1941 - Views over Camp Murray from the top of the water tower - motor pool - tent areas - taken by Sgt. Bob Spencer using Fred Hill's speed graphic camera"

An view from on high and at a distance of a semi-permanent military camp in a wooded clearing.  A dirt road is in the foreground leading into the camp.
"41st Division - Jan. 1941 - Views over Camp Murray from the top of the water tower - motor pool - tent areas - taken by Sgt. Bob Spencer using Fred Hill's speed graphic camera"

Rows of tents making a full camp, many columns deep, in a wooded clearing.  Cookfires can be seen in the foreground.
"41st Division - Jan. 1941 - Views over Camp Murray from the top of the water tower - tent areas - taken by Sgt. Bob Spencer using Fred Hill's speed graphic camera"
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