Red Arrow Stories

Following the 32nd Infantry Division during WWII

Camp Beauregard

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Guards Welcome General Colladay

January 24, 2018 Site Admin 0 Comments

The Army was in need of leadership and though the General hadn't passed his physical, he was reinstated after a second examination.... Read Story

Company G Street, Camp Livingston, Louisiana, WWII

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Guardsmen Start Moving to New Louisiana Camp

January 21, 2018 Site Admin 0 Comments

The move from Camp Beauregard to Camp Livingston was underway.... Read Story

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Michigan Men Soon to Move Into New Camp

January 18, 2018 Site Admin 0 Comments

The men of the 32nd would soon leave the place they called "Camp Disregard" to the new Camp Livingston in Louisiana.... Read Story

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Company G Prepares for Intensive Rifle Training

January 17, 2018 Site Admin 0 Comments

Company G had 36 new M-1 Garand rifles and were ready for training.... Read Story

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Guardsmen Spend Quiet Holiday at Camp Beauregard

January 6, 2018 Site Admin 0 Comments

Camp life over the holidays involved parties, trips to New Orleans and visits with family.... Read Story

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Company G Men Resume Training

January 3, 2018 Site Admin 0 Comments

With Christmas leave over, Company G men boarded a train back to Camp Beauregard.... Read Story

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Christmas at Camp Beauregard

December 27, 2017 Site Admin 0 Comments

Not every solider got to go home for holidays, but they were able to celebrate Christmas in Louisiana.... Read Story

Frank Hutta and James Schultz at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana in 1940

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Home for the Holidays

December 24, 2017 Site Admin 1 Comments

Dec. 21, 1940: "And we'll all turn out when Johnny comes marching home!" They had been gone for two months, and their first leave was bringing the men of the 32nd... Read Story

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Muskegon Guardsmen Coming Home for Christmas

December 19, 2017 Site Admin 0 Comments

After 2 months in Louisiana, the Muskegon boys were coming home for a 9 day Christmas leave.... Read Story

Guardsmen receiving best of care at Camp Beauregard

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National Guardsmen Receiving Best of Care

December 2, 2017 Site Admin 2 Comments

Camp athletics, first run movies, and trips to town (10¢ on the bus) balanced the 5 or 6 hours of training as the local paper reported "National Guardsmen Receiving Best of... Read Story

James Schultz and 2 other soldiers in Louisiana

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Yule Leaves for Guardsmen Sought

November 28, 2017 Site Admin 0 Comments

Just over a year before Pearl Harbor, the guardsmen hoped to get a few days off to go home for Christmas.... Read Story