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New York soldiers in a 1918 marksmanship competition at the Field Artillery Central Officers Training School, Camp Zachary Taylor. Camp Zachary Taylor was a military training camp in Louisville, Kentucky. It opened in 1917, to train soldiers for U.S. involvement in World War I, and was closed three years later.
Panorama view of Camp Zachary Taylor circa 1918. Camp Taylor is a neighborhood and former military base six miles southeast of downtown Louisville, Kentucky, United States. First announced on June 11, 1917, it was originally a military camp named for former president Zachary Taylor. For a time it was America's largest military training camp ...
An anecdote in a story on Page 10 of the Aug. 16, 1918, edition of the Courier Journal was the first reference to a 'naturalization tree' at Camp Zachary Taylor in Louisville.
In June 1918 the individual replacements arrived in France. The officers remained at Camp Beauregard with the other 80 per cent that were still in training. [32] At Camp Beauregard the division was brought to full strength by the arrival of troops from Camp Zachary Taylor (men from the states of Ohio, Illinois, and Kentucky). [33]
The 1918 Camp Zachary Taylor football team represented Camp Zachary Taylor during the 1918 college football season. [1] [2] Schedule. Date Opponent Site Result
During World War I, Austin commanded the 346th Field Artillery Regiment, 350th Field Artillery Regiment, 156th Field Artillery Brigade, 167th Field Artillery Brigade, and the Field Artillery Replacement Depot at Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky. On April 18, 1918, he was promoted to temporary brigadier general, and he received the Army ...
The division remained in training at Camp Taylor until August 1918. It was deployed to France in October 1918 to serve as a training formation for replacements which would be sent to the Western Front. At the war's end, the formation was recalled home and, without having seen combat actions, inactivated in January 1919.
In September 1918, Le Fevre enlisted for World War I, and joined the United States Army as a private. [1] His application for a commission was approved, and he was assigned to the Field Artillery branch Officer Training School at Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky. [1]