Rare c1917 WWI Camp Lee RPPC SBs 10 Post Card Set - Orig Envelop Dough Boys For Sale

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You\'re bidding on a RARE set of 10 RPPC real photo post cards circa 1917 showing WWI soldiers in training at Camp Lee, Virginia. The subject matter for the mint condition post cards that came in their original mailer envelop (soldier bought the post cards on base and took them home while on leave) is as follows: THE HOSTESS HOUSE SETTING UP A FIELD MESS STATION BASE HOSPITAL SOLDIERS AT MESS TIME INTERIOR OF YMCA AUDITORIUM A SKIRMISH LINE TROOPS ON REVIEW CAMP LEE LOOKING WEST FROM WATER TANK RIFLE INSTRUCTION YMCA BUILDING VIEW OUTSIDE FROM NO 57 STREET World War I Just 18 days after a state of war with Germany was declared, the first Camp Lee was selected as a state mobilization camp and later became a division training camp. In June 1917, building began and within sixty days some 14,000 men were on the installation. When construction work ended, there were accommodations for 60,335 men. On 15 July 1917, the War Department announced that the camp would be named in honor of General Robert E. Lee, the most famous of the Confederate Civil War commanders. After World War I, Camp Lee was taken over by the Commonwealth of Virginia and designated a game preserve. Later, portions of the land were incorporated into the Petersburg National Battlefield and the Federal Correctional Institution, Petersburg. I have included the transition history of Camp Lee to Fort Lee and the Quartermaster training school as I am a proud Quartermaster training graduate from Fort Lee!Camp Lee to Fort Lee When World War II ended, the fate of Camp Lee was in question. In 1946, the War Department announced that Camp Lee would be retained as a center for Quartermaster training. Official recognition of its permanent status was obtained in 1950 and the post was redesignated as Fort Lee. Immediately troops began Quartermaster training for the Korean War and continued for the next three years. Fort Lee also had a Women\'s Army Corps (WAC) training center. After the Korean War, progress was made on an ambitious permanent building program. Under the twenty-year program, Fort Lee changed from an installation of temporary wooden structures to a modern Army post with permanent brick and cinder block buildings. The Quartermaster Training Center, created to supervise the training of Quartermaster personnel and troop units, brought an intensification of training activity within the Quartermaster Corps. As a result, the courses formerly taught at other locations were incorporated in the curriculum of the Quartermaster School. Buyer pays shipping and handling. We here at 0113 maintain a perfect feedback rating and will do everything we can to make your purchase as smooth as possible. We will ship within five business days of receiving Paypal payment for your item. We will take every precaution to carefully pack your valuable item and get it right out to you. We will always work with you if you\'re not satisfied to avoid negative feedback by either the buyer or seller. Please enjoy viewing this item and be sure to check my other great auctions