KP duty during Fort Lewis Army Day, 1937. Army maneuvers at Fort Lewis. Soldiers washing their metal mess trays outside in galvanized metal wash tubs. Wooden building in the background. (T. Times).

Fort Lewis (Wash.); Soldiers--1930-1940;

Army Day at Fort Lewis. Heads snap "Eyes right," as the 6th Engineers detachment parades by the reviewing officers. Review group stand and Officer's Quarters in background. (T. Times 4/6 & 4/7/1936, pg. 1)

Fort Lewis (Wash.); Soldiers;

Third Division Review held at Fort Lewis May 13, 1937. Soldiers march with rifles over their shoulders in front of military and government officials. (T. Times, 5/14/1937, pg. 1)

Military parades & ceremonies--Fort Lewis;

Military officers and dignitaries in the reviewing stand at Fort Lewis during the May 13, 1937 review of the Third Division. It is worth noting that the army still used covered wagons pulled by mules to transport supplies (far left). (T. Times 5/14/1937, pg. 1)

Military parades & ceremonies--Fort Lewis;

Photographs of the Third Division Review held at Fort Lewis May 13, 1937 with various public officials and high ranking officers in attendance. In this picture, troops march before the reviewing stand as planes zoom overhead. (T.Times 5/14/1937, pg. 1)

Military parades & ceremonies--Fort Lewis; Fighter planes--1930-1940;

Governors Review at Fort Lewis. Six military tanks in parade at this point; courtesy of either the 3rd Tank Co. or 41st Tank Co. Each tank has two men standing in the hull. A dirigible from the 3rd Balloon Co. is suspended overhead throughout the review. The U.S. Army put on a show of military force when it gathered 14,000 troops to pass in review before the governors of Washington, Oregon and Montana. Major General George A. White, commander of the 41st Division, was in charge of troop activity. 7518 men were from the national guard; Oregon sent the most, over 3000. (T .Times, 8-21-37, p. 1, 8-23-37, p. 1)

Military parades & ceremonies--Fort Lewis; Tanks (Military science)--Fort Lewis;

Navy Day Parade held in Tacoma during Fleet Week. Sailors march down Broadway in front of buildings in the 900 block. A large crowd of spectators line the sidewalks. The parade route began at 15th and Pacific, continued north on Pacific to 9th, from 9th to Broadway and south to 17th. The parade was more than a mile long. (T. Times 7/24/1937, pg.1)

Military parades & ceremonies--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Parade in Tacoma. A Marine unit stands at attention along a side street in Tacoma. They are in full dress uniform with gloves and rifles. They will soon be marching in the Fleet Week parade with soldiers from Fort Lewis and sailors from the US Navy as Tacoma welcomes back its Fleet. (T. Times 7/30/1936, pg. 1).

Military parades & ceremonies--Tacoma--1930-1940; Marines (Military personnel);

Army Day at Fort Lewis. 148th Field Artillery, Battery F trucks in formation. .

Military vehicles--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fort Lewis (Wash.); Soldiers;

Coast Artillery from Fort Worden were photographed landing from the Artillery cutter Chelan for tactical maneuvers at the Bremerton Navy Yards on March 23, 1936. The men are wearing heavy coats, ammunition belts, and helmets. The Navy Yard is in the background. (Bremerton Sun).

Naval yards & naval stations--Bremerton; Puget Sound Navy Yard (Bremerton); Military personnel--Bremerton--1930-1940;

Washington National Guard encampment, "Camp Wesley LLoyd." 148th Field Artillery, Battery D. Field pieces in action. Soldiers setting-up cannons.

Artillery (Weaponry)--1930-1940; Washington National Guard, Battery D 148th F.A. (Tacoma); Camp Murray (Wash.); Military personnel--1930-1940;

Citizen's Military Training Camp (C.M.T.C.) at Camp Murray. Several young men suiting-up in camp uniforms. During this annual summer camp, the young men will be trained to operate as soldiers. The men are, left to right, Mike Brendel of Carbonado, Stewart Coubrey, Jack Vincent, Irving Wright- all of Seattle and Bob Halverson of Milton. (T. Times 7/9/1936, pg. 14)

Citizens Military Training Camp--Tacoma; Camp Murray (Wash.); Washington National Guard (Tacoma); Military camps--Tacoma--1930-1940; Brendel, Mike; Coubrey, Stewart; Vincent, Jack; Wright, Irving; Halverson, Bob;

Young men "chow down" in the Camp Murray Mess Hall during the July 1934 Citizen's Military Training Camp (CMTC). at Camp Murray. They sit at picnic style tables eating, among other things, mashed potatoes and gravy, bread and pie. The camp was a combined training for the CMTC, ROTC and Officers' Reserve Corps. 68 of the 127 boys in CMTC were in camp for the first time. They were assigned to Company K in the infantry. The remainder were divided into Red, White and Blue groups in infantry and field artillery. The boys came from a radius of 100 miles of Ft. Lewis. The ROTC was composed of 79 students from Pacific Northwest Universities. (T. Times 7/13/1934, pg. 1)

Citizens Military Training Camp--Tacoma; Camp Murray (Wash.); Washington National Guard (Tacoma); Military camps--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Troop B demonstrates some trick riding at Camp A. H. Hankins, the 1935 Washington National Guard encampment at Camp Murray. Three soldiers are head and shoulders above the rest on a single horse as they pose one atop another. Troop B is actually designated as the Headquarters Troop, 24th Cavalry Division, Washington National Guard and it is the oldest military organization in the state. Around 8,000 citizen soldiers from the Northwest took part in the 15 day training. (T. Times 6/12/1935, pg. 1)

Camp Murray (Wash.); Military personnel--1930-1940; Horseback riding; Horses; Washington National Guard, 24th Cavalry Division (Tacoma);

Group of Japanese American soldiers standing in an auditorium. There is a no smoking sign and a smoking room pictured in the background.

Army officers pose in front of the Mess Hall, taking plates of pie from the tray of a cook. Sign in the background reads, "1418 MESS ENL. MEN."

"Japanese Americans Eating Meal." Uniformed Japanese American Army members eating bento boxes with other soldiers. Unlabeled soda bottles and tea cups are on the table.

Three Army officers balancing on a horse with other officers looking on. Men in suits also watch from a covered areas in the distance.

"Camp Hankens - 1935." Group of soldiers pose with tents in the background.

Explosion on test site.

"Medical Detachment, 148th Field Artillery - Major Wood, C.O. Camp Norway, 1931."

Cobbler at sole stitching machine in a work coat.

Military parade at the 1934 Washington National Guard encampment at Camp Murray, the "Camp Draper," featuring covered wagons pulled by horses. Included in the 1934 roster of the Wa. Nat'l. Guard were 32 animals.

Camp Murray (Wash.); Military personnel; Washington National Guard (Wash.); Horses; Covered wagons;

Cannons and men in field at the Washington National Guard training encampment at Camp Murray. The 1934 exercises were named Camp Draper in honor of Major Sylvester Draper, former Inspector General of the Guard. (filed with Argentum)

Camp Murray (Wash.); Military personnel; Washington National Guard (Wash.); Arms & armament--1930-1940; Covered wagons;

ca. 1934. Congressional Inspection at Fort Lewis. Group portrait of men, including Army officers, and women on the brick steps of multi-doored, colonnaded building. Photograph ordered by the Tacoma Times. (WSHS)

Fort Lewis (Wash.); Military facilities--Wash.;

In November of 1934, the $90,000 chapel at Fort Lewis had been recently completed. The chapel was a two-story brick structure with a colonnaded entry and a rose window above. The chapel was the showpiece of the 5 1/2 million dollar development program at Fort Lewis. During a six year period, 80 new buildings were built, as well as roads and a new water supply system. The bill for the work was covered by the federal government and provided jobs for thousands in the depression weakened economy. (T. Times 11/23/1934, pg. 1) (WSHS)

Fort Lewis (Wash.); Military facilities--Wash.; Chapels--Fort Lewis;

Army Day at Fort Lewis. Staff Sergeant H. E. Etheridge, 91st Air Squadron, explains to Leona Schuck of Olympia how the 30-caliber rear flexible machine gun fires 1200 rounds of ammunition per minute. (T.Times, 4/6/1938, p.1).

Arms & armament--Tacoma--1930-1940; Artillery (Weaponry); Fort Lewis (Wash.); Etheridge, H.E.; Schuck, Leona; Fighter planes--1930-1940; Machine guns;

Army Day at Fort Lewis. Rear Admiral E. B. Fenner, Naval Commander at Bremerton, Brigadier General T. E. Merrill, Fort Lewis Commander, Colonel Francis W. Clark, and the commanders' aides return salutes to the 13 guns honoring the naval visitor.

Fort Lewis (Wash.); Fenner, E.B.; Merrill, T.E.; Clark, Francis W.; Saluting;

More than 400 wives and children returned to the United States from China with their soldier husbands and fathers aboard the transport ship, the US Grant. Shortly after boarding the ship, Lieutenant Edwin Messenger's wife gave birth to a baby girl, Diane Grant Messenger, on March 1. Baby Diane is held by an unidentified woman, with Mrs. Messenger affectionately looking on.

Troop movements--1930-1940; Government vessels--1930-1940; Messenger, Diane Grant; Mothers & children--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Members of the 161st pass in procession at the annual Governor's review June 19, 1938 at Camp Murray. The Governor is reviewing our National Guard troops during their 58th annual training encampment, Camp Aston. Over 3,000 troops took part in the staging. One of the three military bands taking part can be seen in the background. (T. Times 6/20/1938, pg. 1)

Washington National Guard (Wash.); Camp Murray (Wash.); Military uniforms; Military personnel--Tacoma--1930-1940;