Source: Rockford Daily Register-Gazette, September 30, 1918
Camp Grant
Spanish Flu October 11, 1918
Source: Rockford Morning Star October 11, 1918
Plague Toll Continues Heavy Within City October 11, 1918
Source: Rockford Morning Star October 11, 1918
Camp Epidemic Reaches Climax
Source: October 6, 1918 p.3
No Improvement in Local Plague Conditions Yet
Source: The Rockford Morning Star October 6, 1918 p.3
Health Board Will Isolate “Spanish Flu”
Source: The Morning Star October 1, 1918
Camp Grant Ready for First City Parade
Source: Rockford Daily Register-Gazette, April 11, 198
Camp Grant Liberty Loan Parade, April 12, 1918
Source: A private collection.
Sergeant Joseph F. Bold 1918 photograph
Photograph of Sergeant Joseph F. Bold Rockford Public Library Local History Archives Military Collection
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