Back of photo reads: "R.O.T.C. Cadets Parade for President Chauncey Samuel Boucher and Lieutenant Colonel Leland Swarts Devore at West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va."
West Virginia University Football team on their benches, accompanied by coaches, cheerleaders and the Mountaineer mascot. The band can be seen in the stands behind them.
First row (left to right): Regina Pickus, Co. C, Beckley; Lucy Jones, Band Sponsor, Morgantown; Mildred Collier, Regimental Sponsor, Kermit; Mary Lousie McEnteer, Co. B, Clarksburg; Nelma Johnson, Co. A, Nutter Fort; Helen Fair, Co. H, Moundsville.Second row: Jane Evans, 1st Battalion, Martinsburg; Jane Grainger, Co. F, Crystal; Catherine Shaffer, Co. E, Madison; Louise Neely, 2nd Battalion, Jane Lew; Merle Ferrell, 3rd Battalion, Lewisburg; Jean Cole, Co. G, Pittsburg PA.; Mary F. Gibbs,, Co. I, Cleveland, Ohio (substitute for Caroline McEnteer, Clarksburg).
Men of United States Army Air Corps 100th Division, 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.