Sutton Chemical Company on Elk River, Braxton County, W. Va
Date:
ca. 1917
Description:
Possibly a circuit photograph of the facilities at the Sutton Chemical Company just below the town of Sutton. The photograph was taken during World War I.
Sigma Nu Fraternity at West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1917
Description:
Two of the students identified are Ray (Dusty) Ash, front row-first,left and James (Jim) Guiher, front row-third left. Information included on the photograph includes ". . . several [are] Clarksburg men. . ."
Members of 314th Field Artillety, 80th Division U.S. Army at Basic Training at Camp Lee; Prince George Co., Va.
Date:
ca. 1917
Description:
Supply Co. 314 at basic training in Camp Lee, Virginia. Members of the 314th Field Artillery, 80th Divison U.S. Army were mostly from West Virginia. The 314th eventually became a part of the 155th Brigade which saw heavy and constant action in Meuse Argonne, through the armistice.
Members 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 Infantry Division, nicknamed the "Blue Ridge Division", it was initially composed of draftees from the mid-atlantic states of Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Maryland.
Members 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 Divsion U.S. Army inside their sleeping area at Camp Lee, Virginia during basic training. During the Meuse Argonne campaign, the 80th Division was the only one that saw action during each phase of the offensive. And they first earned their motto, "The 80th Division Moves only Forward!".
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.
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.
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.
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.
Unidentified West Virginia Soldier Outside Supply Building, Camp Lee, Va.
Date:
ca. 1917
Description:
Note the "WV" behind the soldier, next to the door. All the men in the 155th Field Artillery trained at Camp Lee were from West Virginia and fought in some of the deadliest battles of World War l.