Last Visit Home - Summer of 1917
The trip from Camp Lewis to just outside Camp Merritt took about six days. Along the way, we were able to stop and enjoy a school-boy swim in a local lake. A bunch of guys about to be in the thick of war taking one last chance to be boys once again.
At Camp Merritt, we would receive our final medical exams before being outfitted one last time for the work that was ahead of us.
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