Photograph of Sergeant Joseph F. Bold Rockford Public Library Local History Archives Military Collection
Camp Grant
Diary of Sergeant Joseph F Bold
Sgt. J.F. Bold (Ambulance Company 344 -311th Sanitation Train), a Rockford resident, details his activities in WWI in an unusual 55 page typed diary, from august 24,1918 (Camp Grant IL) to his discharge on January 31, 1919.
Rockford Public Library Local History Archives – Military Collection
Hollywood Starlet Visits Home, Old School, Camp Grant
Source: Rockford Register, Dec. 15, 1943.
In His Grandfather’s Footsteps
Paul Doherty’s mission is to learn as much as he can about his grandfather Leon’s WWI experiences to shine some light on Company K’s service. He has made three trips to France and walked in his grandfather’s footsteps to discover many things about the way the troops lived while in this war-torn area of France and Belgium.
Source: Rockford Register Star, June 2, 2019.
Education, Business and Social Interests Important to First African-Americans
Lands First Plane on New Camp Field
Source: Rockford Morning Star, Jan. 1, 1948
Aerial photo Camp Grant
An aerial photograph of Camp Grant, from the Rockford Register-Republic, April 16, 1946.
Henry E Crow Obituary- 1920-2016
Source: Rockford Register Star 12/20/2016
Camp Grant, WWI
Trained a Quarter Million Men in 28 months in World War 1
Source: Nuggets of History, Vol. XVII No 3 Summer 1980 p 5 “A Brief Municipal History of Rockford”
WWII army postcard: “You are judged by your appearance” – Camp Grant
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