28 May 2024 Garand Picture of the Day

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One or two of the barracks on several forts have been preserved as historical.

I remember Ft Lewis so well, even then in 1974 I would look at architecture. At one point I climbed the ladder that was on the front of all the barracks and looked over all the company areas at the huge identical expanse of the whole north fort...massive. If you look at Google Earth pics now at street level none of the north fort exists. History and memories gone. Just old guy's stories now. If you weren't there you will never know. The south fort had some of the old buildings from WW1 original construction being torn down in the late '70s or early '80s, I think they kept a couple for history. Glad I was a part of it all. Yes, I've lived under canvas for extended time too...