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- IDNO:
- 040885
- Title:
- Member of the 80th Division U.S. Army at Basic Training at Camp Lee; Prince George Co., Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1917
- Description:
- Because of significant heriage in the past, residents of Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia became the structure of the 80th Division. The 80th Division was organized in August 1917 at Camp Lee, Virginia.
- IDNO:
- 040886
- Title:
- Members of the 314th Field Artillety, 80th Division U.S. Army at Basic Training at Camp Lee; Prince George Co., Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1917
- Description:
- Members of the 314th Field Artillery which eventually became part of the 155th Brigade boasted more days of continuous combat firing than the batteries of any other American Division.
- IDNO:
- 040887
- Title:
- Member of the 80th Division U.S. Army at Basic Training at Camp Lee; Prince George Co., Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1917
- Description:
- Members of the 80th Division U.S. Army give each other a shave while at basic training at Camp Lee, Virginia.
- IDNO:
- 040888
- Title:
- Member of the 80th Division U.S. Army at Basic Training at Camp Lee; Prince George Co., Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1917
- Description:
- Member of the 80th Division U.S. Army on horseback at basic training at Camp Lee, Virginia.
- IDNO:
- 040889
- Title:
- Supply Cooks at Basic Training at Camp Lee; Prince George, Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1917
- IDNO:
- 040890
- Title:
- Trenches at Camp Lee, Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1917
- Description:
- Probably used for the training of trench warfare which was the type of fighting waged during World War I. Camp Lee was a basic training camp that included several men from West Virginia.
- IDNO:
- 040891
- Title:
- Soldiers Take Barber Break at Camp Lee, Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1917
- Description:
- Men read while waiting their turn with the barber in a make-shift outside "shop". Many West Virginians trained at Camp Lee for fighting in Europe during World War I. Most were members of the 313th, 314th and 315th Field Artillery Units.
- IDNO:
- 040892
- Title:
- Members of 155th Field Artillery Brigade During Training at Camp Lee, Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1917
- Description:
- The units were composed of men from West Virginia and saw heavy fighting during World War I from the Meuse Argonne into Germany.
- IDNO:
- 040893
- Title:
- Last Marker North on Deakins Line, State Boundary of West Virginia and Maryland
- Date:
- 1911
- Description:
- Monument marker number 34 at the northernmost point on the boundary line between West Virginia and Maryland. The line T-intersects with the Mason-Dixon line running east to west, dividing West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Maryland.
- IDNO:
- 040894
- Title:
- Michael Bodkin of Upper Dry Fork, Randolph County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1910
- Description:
- Bodkin was a Confederate Veteran, having enlisted in the army at age 19 to fight for the southern cause during the Civil War. He was mustered in as a private, 1st Company E, 25th Virginia Regiment, June 9, 1861.
- IDNO:
- 040895
- Title:
- Bodkin Family, Upper Dry Fork, Job-Whitmer, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1910
- Description:
- Back Row, L to R: John Bodkin, Elmer Cunningham, Osburn Bodkin, Alby Cunningham, Endress Hartman, Michael Bodkin. 2nd Row, L to R: Louie Cunningham Bodkin, Dolley Mullennex, Elva Cunningham (Mullennex), Gertrude May Bodkin Judy, Sarah E. Hartmen. 3rd Row: Luthur Bodkin, Omer Bodkin, Oscar "Bill" Bodkin, Wade Hartmen, Odis Bodkin, Isom Bodkin.
- IDNO:
- 040896
- Title:
- Members of 155th Field Artillery Brigade Lathered Up, Camp Lee, Va
- Date:
- ca. 1917
- Description:
- Unidentified soldiers, most likely from West Virginia, prepare to shave. This unit saw heavy fighting during World War l
