WWII Troop Train

ID: 45 ~ Source: Golden Gate National Recreation Area Park Archives ~ Creator: U.S. Army Service Corps ~ Date: 1941-1945
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Coast Artillery troops exit trains at Fort Mason and prepare to load onto transports, ca 1941-1945.

ID: A large group of troops stand next to a train, most with their backs to the camera.

This file appears in: Troop Trains

By Jane Tucker
“We went to Heflin, Alabama to catch the train to go to Savannah. And when we stepped on the train onto that coach, there wasn’t a seat anywhere, and it was filled with young men in khaki uniforms. It was a troop train. Everything was a troop train.…