Number   00639

Scan Date   6/17/02

Time Period     September 1942

Subject Matter    Camp Sutton  World War II

Location  Monroe, North Carolina

Description

Soldiers practicing with gas mask.

Photographer (if known)  Kathryn Shute Pearson (1901 - 1968)

Notes   302nd Ordnance Regiment

"Medical detachment men prepare for trouble" is caption beneath photo from "The Charlotte Observer" on September 20, 1942 under heading:  'Commando' Attack in Camp Sutton Area

The newspaper noted:  "And Kathryn Pearson of Monroe, first woman photographer ever to "horn in" on a Carolina practice commando raid..."

Notes updated 8/29/2010 -pmp
 

Measurements of original photograph

Height   5"

Width  7"

Type of photograph  Black and White