Number     00518

Scan Date    6/10/02

Time Period      Sept 1942

Subject Matter      Camp Sutton

Location      Monroe, North Carolina

Description

Sergeant Louis Blackburn taking part in the 'Commando' raid practice. (most likely at The Pageland Range in S. C., where Camp Sutton's troops practiced firing rounds)

Photographer (if known)     Kathryn S. Pearson

Notes Soldier was part of the 302nd Ordnance Regiment.

Photo was first published in The Charlotte Observer, Sept. 20, 1942 and then reprinted March 17, 1943 when it was announced that Blackburn had written a book that had been accepted for publication (at time of announcement it had not been titled but was a book about army life).

Notes added to description 9/10/10; revised 9/27/10 -pmp

Measurements of original photograph

Height     5"

Width   7"

Type of photograph    Black and White