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- GLC#
- GLC07810.064-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 15 October 1918
- Author/Creator
- Lyons, Curtis Blair, 1894-1968
- Title
- to Helen Lyons
- Place Written
- Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 2 p. : envelope Height: 22.5 cm, Width: 15.5 cm
- Primary time period
- Progressive Era to New Era, 1900-1929
- Sub-Era
- World War I
Writes to his wife about the camp and his duties. Wishes he could go home to visit but he is under quarantine. Originally mailed with GLC07810.065. Written on YMCA letterhead. Camp Colt was established at Gettysburg in 1917 and was the first US Army camp authorized to train the Tank Corps during WWI. Captain Dwight D. Eisenhower commanded Camp Colt. Written at Camp Colt.
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