Issuing Initial Outfit - Recruit Reception Center, Camp Grant, Ill.
Title
Issuing Initial Outfit - Recruit Reception Center, Camp Grant, Ill.
Description
Personnel helping soldiers with their new uniforms. On back: "Welcome to Camp Grant, Soldier! You're in the Army, now! Thousands of new recruits are measured for shirts, caps, trousers and shoes each month at Camp Grant's recruit reception center. Uncle Sam makes sure that his new soldiers will have the best fitting uniforms in the world. There's none of the hit-or-miss about the supply department in the new army. Each man is assured of the comfort he has been accustomed to in civilian life. From Camp Grant's recruit reception center go the rookies to their new assignments in all parts of the United States."
Date
1941
Rights
Midway Village Museum
Format
jpeg
Type
Still Image
Identifier
97.16.20
Original Format
Postcard
Physical Dimensions
3.5" x 5.5"
Citation
“Issuing Initial Outfit - Recruit Reception Center, Camp Grant, Ill.,” Midway Village Museum - Digital Collections, accessed December 8, 2023, https://midwayvillagemuseumdigitalcollections.omeka.net/items/show/934.