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  • Collection: Fred Hill World War II Photographs

A group of five Hispanic soldiers sitting or laying on the floor in casual clothes and smiling. The soldier in the middle is playing a guitar.
"41st Division 1941 - Recreation: Guitar music / singing 41st Cantonment - The first group of draftees that came to the 186th Infantry for training had many Hispanic men - Here they are singing to guitar accompaniment"

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A group of five soldiers sitting on a pair of cots and playing card games on a card table that is set up between them.
"41st Division 1941 - Recreation: card game Cpl Bill Hawes - 4th Squad (Mortar) leader - Gail Mills on right - in barracks at 41st Cantonment area"

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A soldier seen from the waist up in full dress uniform smiling slightly at the camera.
"41st Division 1941 - Pertaining to the new 41st Cantonment area - N. Ft. Lewis - 1st Sgt Howard Petersen"

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A soldier leaning on their elbow on a railed wooden platform and looking off into the distance.
"41st Division 1941 - Pertaining to the new 41st Cantonment area - N. Ft. Lewis - Cpl Lyle Morehead"

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Dozens of soldiers sitting at eating at long tables in a mess hall.
"41st Division 1941 - Pertaining to the new 41st Cantonment area - N. Ft. Lewis - E.M. Mess hall at meal time"

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Soldiers sitting on the grass in a semicircle. A few are seen holding rifles.
"41st Division 1941 - Pertaining to the new 41st Cantonment area - N. Ft. Lewis - Training session on BAR's (Browning Automatic Rifles) - Theatre building under construction in background"

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A series of six two-story buildings, with platform exits on the second floors leading to a ladder that allows access from the ground.
"41st Division 1941 - Pertaining to the new 41st Cantonment area - N. Ft. Lewis - New barracks"

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A couple dozen men working on a building that is nearly complete. Two men stand on the roof, while the rest work on the ground.
"Civilian carpenters completing buildings for the 41st Cantonment area - North Fort Lewis - 1941"

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Multiple buildings in the very early stages of construction. Only one wall per building has been raised, and large wood piles are around each of them.
"Construction of theatre & PX buildings - 41st Cantonment - North Fort Lewis - 1941"

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A couple dozen soldiers marching in formation with rifles resting on their shoulders. A tent camp can be seen in the background.
"41st Division - 186th Infantry - Fort Lewis - A Saturday a.m. Parade"

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