Truman, Thomas
survey sheet - handwritten

 

 

Date of Enlistment: Dec. 3rd, 1917
Military Camps to which went:
* Fort Slocum, N.Y.
* Camp Merritt, N.J.
Units to which belonged:
* Recruiting Service, Fort Slocum
* on return from France, was [appointed] Surgeons Asst. at Grand Central
Palace, N.Y.
Date of trip overseas: March 3rd, 1918
Service there:
* Guide for incoming troops from Bordeaux to Debarkation Camps & Ambulance
Driver at Camp Hospital, Grange, Neuve, France
Date of return: Dec. 26, 1918
Date of demobilization: May 17, [19]19
Honors received: --

 

 

NOTES
Fort Slocum (2) (Fortwiki.com)
http://fortwiki.com/Fort_Slocum_(2)

[Camp Merritt, N.J. A Collection of Photos] (Bergen County Historical
Society)
http://www.bergencountyhistory.org/Pages/campmerrittphotos.html

Organization of the Services of Supply, American Expeditionary Forces
(Monograph No. 7), prepared in the Historical Branch, War Plans
Division, General Staff. Washington, DC: U.S> Government Printing
Office, 1921 (Internet Archive)
http://archive.org/details/cu31924103071647

Other Embarkation and Debarkation Hospitals (U.S. Army. Medical
Department. Office of Medical History) -- scroll down just under half
way down the webpage to "Debarkation Hospital No. 5, Grand Central
Palace, New York City"
http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwi/MilitaryHospitalsintheUS/chapter33.htm