WWI AZO RPPC Of A Soldier Edward Pitt In Uniform Camp Jackson Studio Columbia SC

WWI RPPC Of A Soldier In Uniform Camp Jackson Studio Columbia SC
this Real-photo postcard is of Edward L. Pitt of the town of Elm City in Wilson County, N.C. Pitt is shown wearing his U.S. Army uniform and campaign hat, with a hand-painted backdrop. Pitt served during World War I in the 156th Depot Brigade, U.S. Army (circa 1919).

Type: RPPC postcard
Condition: see images
Age: 1918 ~ 1922

Fort Jackson was created in 1917 at Camp Jackson as the U.S. entered World War I. At the conclusion of World War I, Camp Jackson was shut down and the Camp was abandoned 25 April 1922, pursuant to General Orders No. 33, War Department, 27 July 1921. Camp Jackson was reactivated for World War II, where Franklin D. Roosevelt and George C. Marshall hosted a demonstration of the combat-readiness of several divisions for Winston Churchill and Alan Brooke in preparation of the abandoned Operation Roundup. At the conclusion of World War II, the post was to have been deactivated by 1950; however, the outbre