Media and image collections. This collection gives insight into the daily life of Company L and other soldiers in France and Luxemburg 1918 – 1919. Other images and materials are historical to WWI. Descriptions were often on the back of the images; they have been transcribed (not always verbatim). Many images are in the US Army Signal Corps archives. Additional collection items will be added. Current as of October 2020.
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1917 United States: 1917 Camp Grant, Illinois & Camp Logan, Texas
1918 FRANCE: 1918 FRANCE ARRIVAL 33rd DIVISION
1918 FRANCE: 1918 FRANCE COMBAT RELATED
1918 -1919: FRANCE & LUXEMBOURG: POSTWAR
1919: UNITED STATES POSTWAR
MEDIA: MISCELLANEOUS
Photos: PFC Frank C. MARES Collection (Camp Logan, Texas)
Measles Outbreak at Camp Logan, Texas 1918 – Newsletter Article
This is a excerpt from the transcription of the diaries of Lee William Reuter
who served in Co L, 132 Inf,66th Brigade of the 33rd Division in World War
I. The diary is composed of three notebooks beginning with an entry Monday
August 28-17 and ending May 21-19. These entries relate to a measles outbreak. Lee wrote an article for the Camp Logan Newspaper about his tent mates.
Fri. Feb 15, 1918: Drill in the morning. At noon the Drs. discovered that “Red” Crafton had the
measles. Sent him to base hospital. We were quarantined to the tent. Laid round
and read. Our supper was brought to us. Can’t go out.
PDF of diary entries and the Camp Logan Reveille article written by Lee Reuter.
Company L Measles by Lee Reuter 1918
Reveille article
Archived footage of the 33rd Division during World War I in France.
This is a 6 minute silent film.
Following the first video segments – At about 2 minutes 20 seconds – an ‘end of video’ message is displayed. But then there are scenes of 33rd Division soldiers on the front lines. Video includes the 33rd Division returning from France on the USS Mount Vernon in May 1919. It is the same ship that took them to France in May 1918. Our 132nd Infantry Regiment’s Company L soldiers are on the ship, and possibly in the front line scenes. Footage courtesy of the Illinois State Military Museum.