Historical and Pictorial Review . . . Camp Lee, Virginia. 1941
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana: The Army and Navy Publishing Company, Inc, 1941
Baton Rouge, Louisiana: The Army and Navy Publishing Company, Inc, 1941. Very good. 12¼" x 9". Decorated cloth over boards. Pp. 106. Very good: 2" loss to cloth at top of spine; front hinge partly cracked; a few faint soil spots and dings to boards; marginal foxing, damp stains and associated creasing throughout; some thumb soiling and a few small spots; former owner's name to front pastedown.
This is a fantastic yearbook revealing the wholly African American (save commanding officers) 9th Training Regiment of the Quartermaster Replacement Training Center (QRC) at Camp Lee, Virginia.
Camp Lee was built in 1917 as one of 32 National Cantonments used to train the United States Army to fight in France in World War I. The area had seen notable battles in the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, and was named for Robert E. Lee. It was reactivated as QRC to train over 300,000 quartermaster soldiers during World War II and renamed Fort Lee in 1950. It changed names again in 2023 to Fort Gregg-Adams, in honor of two trailblazing Black military officers, then back to Fort Lee in 2025 to honor Buffalo Soldier Fitz Lee. It continues to train 25,000 soldiers yearly, and houses the U.S. Army Quartermaster and Women's Museums.
This book contains a detailed history of both Camp Lee and QRC, with great images "reprinted from war-time photographs." It lists the many training functions, revealing (white) men at work in the "motors," "plumber's," "laundry" and "bakery" schools (seemingly portraying other regiments). African Americans take center stage in images of the "Salvage School," drills and "Regimental Parade," "familiar camp scenes," "the soldier's leisure hours" and a great montage of "the ninth" at work and play. There are individual portraits of the soldiers in each company, ranging from Privates to Master Sergeants (with slightly larger images for the white commanding officers) and we note one Black Regimental First Lieutenant, Chaplain Samuel F. Giles. This book belonged to First Lieutenant Commanding (of the Company Band), Caucasian Fred McCaw.
In-depth, highly visual coverage of an African American training regiment in World War II. OCLC shows five holdings.
This is a fantastic yearbook revealing the wholly African American (save commanding officers) 9th Training Regiment of the Quartermaster Replacement Training Center (QRC) at Camp Lee, Virginia.
Camp Lee was built in 1917 as one of 32 National Cantonments used to train the United States Army to fight in France in World War I. The area had seen notable battles in the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, and was named for Robert E. Lee. It was reactivated as QRC to train over 300,000 quartermaster soldiers during World War II and renamed Fort Lee in 1950. It changed names again in 2023 to Fort Gregg-Adams, in honor of two trailblazing Black military officers, then back to Fort Lee in 2025 to honor Buffalo Soldier Fitz Lee. It continues to train 25,000 soldiers yearly, and houses the U.S. Army Quartermaster and Women's Museums.
This book contains a detailed history of both Camp Lee and QRC, with great images "reprinted from war-time photographs." It lists the many training functions, revealing (white) men at work in the "motors," "plumber's," "laundry" and "bakery" schools (seemingly portraying other regiments). African Americans take center stage in images of the "Salvage School," drills and "Regimental Parade," "familiar camp scenes," "the soldier's leisure hours" and a great montage of "the ninth" at work and play. There are individual portraits of the soldiers in each company, ranging from Privates to Master Sergeants (with slightly larger images for the white commanding officers) and we note one Black Regimental First Lieutenant, Chaplain Samuel F. Giles. This book belonged to First Lieutenant Commanding (of the Company Band), Caucasian Fred McCaw.
In-depth, highly visual coverage of an African American training regiment in World War II. OCLC shows five holdings.
Details
Title
Historical and Pictorial Review . . . Camp Lee, Virginia. 1941
Condition
Very Good
Publisher
The Army and Navy Publishing Company, Inc: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Date
1941