"The 12th Infantry Regiment was reorganized as a Motorized Infantry Regiment on 29 September 1942. Less than a year later, on 1 August 1943, the 12th was reorganized as a standard infantry regiment when the 4th Division was converted from motorized to dismounted infantry. The 12th Regiment along with the rest of the 4th Infantry … Continue reading Camp Gordon, Georgia – 12th Infantry, Company “I” – World War Two
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Wordless Wednesday – Getting Ready, 1942
At Camp Gordon, three buddies from Company I, of the 12th Infantry Regiment, Fourth Infantry Division (IVY) are getting ready for World War II in 1942. It is near Augusta, Georgia and is now called Fort Gordon. In the photograph below, James Doran is on the left. The man on the right is Mike from … Continue reading Wordless Wednesday – Getting Ready, 1942
Friday’s Faces From the Past – 1943 – Jimmy Doran and Friends
This lovely old photograph was taken in 1943 at Camp Gordon, in Augusta, Georgia, now called Fort Gordon. Jimmy Doran, of Harrison, New Jersey, is squatting in front on the right, with a buddy's arm thrown over his shoulder, and his hat askew. He was in Company I of the 12th Infantry Regimen, of the … Continue reading Friday’s Faces From the Past – 1943 – Jimmy Doran and Friends