A Brief History of Camp Shelby

Camp Shelby is a 134,000-acre camp near Hattiesburg that annually trains an estimated 100,000 National Guard personnel and reservists from across the nation.

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https://mshistorynow.mdah.ms.gov/issue/brief-history-camp-shelby
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Caleb Ellison
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Walter Wesley Crawford was born in Magnolia, Pike County, Mississippi, on March 21, 1872. During World War I, he served in France as a major in the medical corps of the United States Army.