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25. Troops Assembled For Inspection, Morgantown, W. Va.

Part of the Morgantown and Wheeling Railroad, a passenger service which extended to Pentress in western Monongalia County.

26. Lemley Hill Railway Cut, Monongalia County, W. Va.

27. Clarksburg, W. Va.

Wife of West Virginia Governor John Jacob Cornwell (1917-1921).

28. First Lady of West Virginia, Edna Brady Cornwell from Romney, W. Va.

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.

29. Sutton Chemical Company on Elk River, Braxton County, W. Va

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. . ."

30. Sigma Nu Fraternity at West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.

Automobiles, waving American flags line the main street.

31. 'Our Soldier Boys Starting For The Front', Calhoun, Co., W. Va.

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.

32. Members of 314th Field Artillety, 80th Division U.S. Army at Basic Training at Camp Lee; Prince George Co., Va.

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.

33. Members of the 80th Division U.S. Army at Basic Training at Camp Lee, Prince George Co., Va.

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!".

34. Members of the 80th Division U.S. Army at Basic Training at Camp Lee; Prince George Co., Va.

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.

35. Member of the 80th Division U.S. Army at Basic Training at Camp Lee; Prince George Co., Va.

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.

36. Members of the 314th Field Artillety, 80th Division U.S. Army at Basic Training at Camp Lee; Prince George Co., Va.