This is a photograph of
Robert P. Emerson of Chester County,
Pennsylvania taken while he was in basic training at
Camp Croft. The photo was made on the rocks below the dam
at Glendale sometime in the spring of 1941.
When this photo was made, Robert was 22 years old.
There is a sad footnote to this photograph. Robert did not
survive the war. He was wounded in France on August 10,
1944 and died of his wounds two days later on August 12.
At the time of his death, Robert was a
Sergeant in the 28th Recon Troop, Mechanized, of the
Pennsylvania 28th National Guard Infantry Division.
