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Furman is dressed in a military uniform and has dirt on his face.

25. Phil Furman during War Games on Caddell Mountain, Preston County, W. Va.

IDNO:
052246
Title:
Phil Furman during War Games on Caddell Mountain, Preston County, W. Va.
Date:
1974/06
Description:
Furman is dressed in a military uniform and has dirt on his face.
Pre-WWII photograph of the military camp from an album belonging to W. S. Wilkin.The 100th division was headquartered in Wheeling in 1924 and in Charleston in 1937, but was disbanded due to a lack of service in the interwar years. It was reactivated in November 1942 and sent to Marseille, France in October 1944 after extensive combat training. Today, the division serves as a major training command of the United States Army Reserve.

26. United States Army Air Corps 100th Division Camp, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
052263
Title:
United States Army Air Corps 100th Division Camp, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1937
Description:
Pre-WWII photograph of the military camp from an album belonging to W. S. Wilkin.The 100th division was headquartered in Wheeling in 1924 and in Charleston in 1937, but was disbanded due to a lack of service in the interwar years. It was reactivated in November 1942 and sent to Marseille, France in October 1944 after extensive combat training. Today, the division serves as a major training command of the United States Army Reserve.
The men are identified as:Back row: Allen Bowie, Harry Porter, Charles Riggs, Minter Wilson, Charles E. Hodges, R. H. V. Kay, Drage Doddrill, Frank M. Brewster, Uriah N. Orr, Jr.Lower row: Fitzhugh Donnally, Fred Unkefer, Sam Semple, Irwin Stone, Ronald Moist, Okey Keadle, Linwood T. Lawrence, Hubert L. McLaughlin.

27. W. V. U. Men at Oakmont Camp, 5th Regiment U. S. Engineers

IDNO:
053523
Title:
W. V. U. Men at Oakmont Camp, 5th Regiment U. S. Engineers
Date:
1917/07/20
Description:
The men are identified as:Back row: Allen Bowie, Harry Porter, Charles Riggs, Minter Wilson, Charles E. Hodges, R. H. V. Kay, Drage Doddrill, Frank M. Brewster, Uriah N. Orr, Jr.Lower row: Fitzhugh Donnally, Fred Unkefer, Sam Semple, Irwin Stone, Ronald Moist, Okey Keadle, Linwood T. Lawrence, Hubert L. McLaughlin.
A group of soldiers are trained in mountain climbing at Seneca Rocks during WWII.The back of the photo reads:"Some of Uncle Sam's soldiers will be able to vie with the best of the Swiss mountain climbers. A new phase of strenuous ground training for combat units really gives our fighting men something to sweat about. High up in West Virginia's mountains, men of the U.S. Army get a short tough course on how to overcome obstacles no matter how high. When the men complete the short period of training they're tops in their field. Under the best tutors and instructors in the art of scaling walls of sheer rock, they learn all there is to know about cliffs and mountains- except yodeling.PHOTO SHOWS: The going gets tougher and tougher the higher they get. Here a group of soldiers leave the thicket to begin the hard climb over sheer rock to reach the peak of Seneca Rock."

28. U. S. Soldiers in Training at Seneca Rocks, W. Va.

IDNO:
053541
Title:
U. S. Soldiers in Training at Seneca Rocks, W. Va.
Date:
1943/08/23
Description:
A group of soldiers are trained in mountain climbing at Seneca Rocks during WWII.The back of the photo reads:"Some of Uncle Sam's soldiers will be able to vie with the best of the Swiss mountain climbers. A new phase of strenuous ground training for combat units really gives our fighting men something to sweat about. High up in West Virginia's mountains, men of the U.S. Army get a short tough course on how to overcome obstacles no matter how high. When the men complete the short period of training they're tops in their field. Under the best tutors and instructors in the art of scaling walls of sheer rock, they learn all there is to know about cliffs and mountains- except yodeling.PHOTO SHOWS: The going gets tougher and tougher the higher they get. Here a group of soldiers leave the thicket to begin the hard climb over sheer rock to reach the peak of Seneca Rock."