WACO glider at Camp MacKall – reverse side reads: “Hello Mom, Finally got some cards that can let you see what these gliders we ride around in look like. This picture was taken on our camp field. I have a few more that I’ll send to you. Regards to all. Hope to be home this Wednesday.” Everett
The type of construction used for the barracks at Camp MacKall and the above hospital is called a “theatre of operations.” Built on pilings and constructed of green sawed pine boards which is then covered with type 4 black tar paper. The wood was cut from trees on the camp property using 7 sawmills running 24/7. When the boards dried out, the 2 pot-bellied stoves were incapable of keeping the men warm. Smitty spent some time at that hospital when the army discovered he did not perspire. The medication took 3 weeks to kick…
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Thank you, Penny. He was a wonderful man!
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