Sand and Grit Camp Hancock Georgia
Camp Hancock Georgia: United States Army. Phoenix Printing Company Augusta, Georgia, ca. 1918.
Wraps. Stapled brown wraps. 48 pages. Illustrated with photographs of officers and a group photo of "about 190 men...with the name "The Special Training Company". Inscription written inside the front cover, "Yours of the Camp Hancock Exp. Forces Edw. R. Frezzell? 2nd Lt. Ord R.C." Scarce soft cover in very good condition. No copies found in institutions or previously sold or currently for sale online during a recent internet search.
Camp Hancock was a major World War I U.S. Army training center near Augusta, Georgia, not in Hancock County, which operated in 1918 as a Machine Gun Training Center. It accommodated around 50,000 troops, with infrastructure often featuring sandy, clay roads. (AI overview). Very good. Item #36768
Price: $150.00