Written on envelope: "Fort Lewis Maneuvers - July 1940 - National Guard - Sgt Bill Gamble, Sgt Gordon Brown and Sgt Bert Burke study a map on a maneuver exercise"
"Sgt Jim Coats & Cpl Dean Rizor E Co 186th Infantry on Biak former members of National Guard unit in La Grande, Oregon of which Fred Hill was also a member"
"A low budget movie was being made in La Grande - 1938 - Mitch Asla with military cap, right close, as an 'extra' - Mitch became a member of National Guard E Co. 186th Inf."
"La Grande, Oregon - circa 1918. A company of soldiers at attention in the street in front of the Y.M.C.A. building on the corner of Depot and Washington." [Possibly the "Home Guard."]