Camp newspapers kept soldiers informed about the home front, politics, and the war abroad—and entertained them with poems, short stories, memoirs, jokes, cartoons, photographs, and sketches.
From recruitment to action, the battlefields to the hospitals, American camps to the German occupation, jazz to sports—Military Camp Newspapers documents America's involvement in World War I, through both personal history and global reporting.
At a glance
37
Regional, national, and foreign newspapers from 18 states, France, Germany, Siberia, and the Philippines.
55,000
Number of articles, dated 1917 to 1927.
A national army grows
Reports on the growth of a national army detail the arrival of soldiers from all states and the effects on local home fronts. Readers can trace the development of the Parris Island Marine Corp training camp; read about the cavalier lives of AEF pilots; and follow the recoveries of the wounded as they transition to civilian life.
“If on the Rhine We Must Sit, Then Let Us Know at Least What Is Going on Outside Our Billet.”
Postwar occupation
The occupation of the German Rhineland marked America’s postwar rise on the world stage at the beginning of the Jazz Age. The AMAROC News—from "American Army of Occupation"—was read by both soldiers and civilians, introducing American ideas and culture to Germany.
Newspapers included
About Face, San Antonio, TX
Afloat and Ashore, Charleston, SC
Camp Bragg News, Fayetteville, NC
Camp Crane News, Allentown, PA
Camp Custer Bulletin, Battle Creek, MI
Camp Devens News, Ayer, MA
Camp Dix News, Wrightstown, NJ
Camp Dix Times, Wrightstown, NJ
Camp Jackson Click, Columbia, SC
Camp Knox News, Camp Knox-Louisville, KY
Camp Meade Herald, Fort Meade, MD
Camp Pike Carry-on, Little Rock, AR
Missing Camp Dix Pictorial Review, Wrightstown, NJ
Camp Sherman News, Chillicothe, OH
Coming Back, New York City, NY
Funstonian, Camp Funston, KS
Gas Attack of the New York Division, Spartanburg, SC
Going Over, National
Here and There with the 31st, Vladivostok, Siberia and Manila, Philippine Islands
Home Ties, Gulf Shores, AL
Over the Top, Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, KY
Plane News; Air Service Paper of the A.E.F, Paris, France
The 51st Pioneers, Cochem, Germany
The AMAROC News, Coblenz, Germany
The Base “Bull”, Langres, France
The Bayonet, Petersberg, VA
The Bulletin, A.E.F Embarkation Ctr., Le Mans, France
The Cure, Long Island, NY
The Fly Paper, Paris, France
The Fort Bayard News, Silver City, NM
The Home-Again, New York City, NY
The Listening-Post, San Francisco, CA
The MacArthur Carry-On, Waco, TX
The Marine, Paris Island, SC
The Merritt Dispatch, Cresskill, NJ
The Oglethorpe Barrage, Macon, GA
The Right About, New York City, NY
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