Hello folks, Try contacting this person for information about Fort Campbell: Hope Corizzo corizzoh@emh2.campbell.army.mil Archaeological Technician I hope she can direct you to the right place to find your answers. Thanks for being the ROOTWALKER family. Sincerely, Stan Magnesen ROOTWALKER site/list coordinator ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In a message dated 5/3/01 8:50:06 AM Pacific Daylight Time, WiseCatbrd@aol.com writes: > Subj: Re: [ROOTWALKER] Ft. Campbell Kenneth JACOBS > Date: 5/3/01 8:50:06 AM Pacific Daylight Time > From: WiseCatbrd@aol.com > Reply-to: TN-ROOTWALKER-L@rootsweb.com > To: TN-ROOTWALKER-L@rootsweb.com > > Jeanne, > > Sorry for the delay in responding to this but I've been spending too much > time on the porch swing ! <grin> > > Although you might find something about this in the local paper, it's just > as > likely that you won't. Keep in mind that this was wartime and sometimes > things that could have been perceived as being "negative" or "threatening" > weren't "allowed" to be published or written about. So don't be surprised > if > you don't find anything. > > But, there might be a couple of other places to check for info on this. > First of all, every military post that I've ever been on (and that's quite a > > few <g>), has some kind of post historian and/or a curator of a post museum, > > even if they're only volunteers. Although the Ft. Campbell webpage does > have > a bit of history on it, it doesn't list a post historian. You could try > sending an email to PageMaster@emh2.campbell.army.mil and ask if there is > one. Or you could look for the local chapters of the VFW or similar group. > > They often supply the volunteers to staff a post musuem or archive > collections. > > Another place to check is the post newspaper. It may have been published in > > the 40s. The link to that is http://www.campbell.army.mil/courier.htm > > The page also mentions that "The Sink Library maintains back issues of the > Fort Campbell Courier on microfilm." I'm assuming that that is probably the > > local county library. > > One last place to try might be the Armys history site. It's at > http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/ . You might be able to email them for info on > > how to get what you're looking for. > > Good luck cousin ! :) > > Suzanne > >