From back of photo: American troops in Liberia. Equipment necessary in the tropical climate is issued to the troops. PVT Roman A. Bonilla, Puerto Rico, draws his mosquito bard; PVT Jake Kitchings of Washington DC, gets a head net to protect him...
From back of photo: Fort Knox, KY. A dance followed the dedication of the four new African American recreation buildings recently with partners for the soldiers being girls from Louisville, KY.
From back of photo: Camp Livingston, LA. Examination conducted by doctors and nurses of Station Hospital on patient Joseph A. Jones, Jr., of the Service and Ammunition Battery, 351st Field Artillery. Standing L-R: 1ST LT D.V. Bradley, 2nd LT A.B....
From back of photo: Standing in front of a Korean military installation are (l-r) PFC Henry A. Adams, T/SGT Oscar R. Hogan, PVT Lawrence Grisson, and PFC Henry L. James.
From back of photo: African American engineers on manuevers in England, engage in a united attack at chow time. L-R: T/5 Eugene Campbridge, NYC, PVT William Swolland, Jamaica, NY, and CPL William Washington, Philadelphia, Pa., England.
From back of photo: Fighting with the 2nd Infantry Division north of the Chongchon River, SFC Major Cleveland, weapons squad leader, points out communist-led North Korean positions to his machine gun crew.
From back of photo: Newly-commissioned officers in the 16th Officer Candidate School graduation class, pin 2ND LT bars on each other after the exercises held in Theater #4, Fort Benning, Ga. The officers are: 2ND LT Henry C. Harris, 2ND LT Frank...
From back of photo: Protection must be maintained at all times for Engineer Construction Units operating in England. Here a machine gun is being held in readiness for action. L to R: 1ST SGT William P. Jacobs, Philadelphia, PA., S/SGT Albert Bay,...
From back of photo: Germany. SGT Samuel DeKalb gives a lesson in handling a pistol safely, to members of a pistol team on the firing range, near Mannheim. L to R: SGT De Kalb, PVT Sheridan, PRC Judge Blevins, PVT Leroy Nickels, CPL Joe James, PFC...
From back of photo: On 17 December 1944 American soldiers were shot by German troops after they had surrendered, and their bodies were left where they had fallen to be covered by the snow. This atrocity happened in the vicinity of Five Points near...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Guidon came into being as a weekly publication in 1966 under the title Fort Leonard Wood Guidon. Between 1966 and 1987 the title was simplified to Guidon before becoming Essayons in 1988. The name reverted back to Guidon in 1999. It has been...
MAJ Jayson Stewart served on an embedded training team (ETT) at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Echo, Iraq during 2007 and 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this August 2009 interview, MAJ Stewart discusses his pre-deployment...
In this interview MAJ Mack McCarthy, Infantry, discusses his 15-month deployment to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) in 2003. MAJ McCarthy brings up his pre-deployment training, issues the organization faced in leaving so quickly,...