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One Hundred Years Ago at Camp Hancock

 

World War One Soldiers in t-shirts and suspenders washing clothes at a bench, pyramid tends in the background.

 

Wednesday, October 17, 1917, "Clean up day. The 'Wash House Squad' at Work."

Strangely it seemed that Wednesday was wash day. You can see the tents of the "company street" in the background.

You can view an excerpt or purchase a copy of Ed Shenton's story, The Lost Sketchbooks: A Young Artist in The Great War, at www.thelostsketchbooks.com