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May 1942. Motor detachment at the New River, North Carolina, Marine base. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer, O.W.I.
My granddad was at Camp Lejeune around this time.
New River flows through a large USMC base now called Camp Lejeune. My father was stationed here prior to being shipped out to the South Pacific in the summer of 1942.
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