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41st Division, Recreation 1

A group of men in a field crawling on all fours or doing crab walks while others stand and watch.

"41st Division 1941 - Recreation: crab race"

Tags: 186th Infantry, 41st Division, Crab race, Soldiers, Uniforms

41st Division, Recreation 2

A small group of soldiers in a field giving other men piggy-back rides and smiling. They appear to be racing, while other men look on the race.

"41st Division 1941 - Recreation: Piggy back race"

Tags: 186th Infantry, 41st Division, Piggy back race, Piggyback race, Soldiers, Uniforms

41st Division, Basketball 2

Eight soldiers playing basketball around a hoop. The ball can be seen in mid-air hitting the backboard. Small houses or tents line the background.

"41st Division 1941 - Recreation: Basketball"

Tags: 186th Infantry, 41st Division, Soldiers, Tents, Uniforms

41st Division, Recreation 3

A military band plays inside a large tent. One man is conducting, and the entire background is filled with more soldiers watching the performance.

"41st Division 1941 - Recreation: Band Concert"

Tags: 186th Infantry, 41st Division, Concerts, Soldiers, Uniforms

"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"

Tags: 186th Infantry, 41st Cantonment, 41st Division, Acoustic guitar, Cots, Draftees, Guitar, Hispanic, Uniforms

41st Division, Recreation 5

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"

Tags: 186th Infantry, 41st Cantonment, 41st Division, Cards, Corporals, Cots, Cpls, Uniforms

41st Cantonment, Sgt Petersen

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"

Tags: 186th Infantry, 1st Sgts, 41st Cantonment, 41st Division, Sergeants, Sgts, Uniforms

41st Cantonment, Cpl Morehead

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"

Tags: 186th Infantry, 41st Cantonment, 41st Division, Corporals, Cpls, Uniforms

41st Cantonment, Mess Hall 2

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"

Tags: 186th Infantry, 41st Cantonment, 41st Division, Dining, Eating, Enlisted men, Hall, Mess

41st Cantonment, Rifle Training

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"

Tags: 186th Infantry, 41st Cantonment, 41st Division, BAR's Browning automatic rifles, Cars, Rifles, Soldiers, Theater, Training

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