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Ft. William D. Davis

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Troops arriving at the Canal Zone are greeted with shouts of "23 and a Butt" to welcome the start of the their two year tour in Panama.

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Taking Five on the trail.

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New 37mm anti-tank guns replacing the WWI "One Pounder's" they had until the late1930's.

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Units on patrol in Campaign Hats bearing "Golden Dragon" - 14th Infantry Insignia.

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14th Infantry Troops after being initiated in the "Order of Cerro-Bruja" - 1933

 

Service Company on Maneuvers - note the wool shirts!

MSG T. P. Gates at his field desk on Maneuvers. He later became an officer prior to WWII and retired 
as a Lt. Colonel in 1952, after 33 years of service.


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