Military bases

Universal Military Training trainee digging foxhole during training at Fort Knox, Kentucky. From a red leather album of photos depicting a week in the life of a UMT trainee. A gift from Brigadier General John M. Devine.

Feet of trainee shown hiking through mud at Fort Knox, Kentucky. From a red leather album of photos depicting a week in the life of a UMT trainee. A gift from Brigadier General John M. Devine.

Three recruits during training at Fort Knox, Kentucky. From a red leather album of photos depicting a week in the life of a UMT trainee. A gift from Brigadier General John M. Devine.

Two Universal Military Training trainees shown during a three hour cross country march with full field pack and rifle at Fort Knox, Kentucky. From a red leather album of photos depicting a week in the life of a UMT trainee. A gift from Brigadier General John M. Devine.

Trainee Verne H. Schnackel of Iowa performing map reading during a 4 mile cross country march at Fort Knox. From a red leather album of photos depicting a week in the life of a UMT trainee. A gift from Brigadier General John M. Devine.

Michael Hart of Illinois, a member of the U. S. Army Ground Forces Universal Military Training Experimental Unit, at Fort Knox, Kentucky. From a red leather album of photos depicting a week in the life of a UMT trainee. A gift from Brigadier General John M. Devine.

Universal Military Training trainees during calisthenics at Fort Knox, Kentucky. From a red leather album of photos depicting a week in the life of a UMT trainee. A gift from Brigadier General John M. Devine.

Universal Military Training trainees during calisthenics at Fort Knox, Kentucky. From a red leather album of photos depicting a week in the life of a UMT trainee. A gift from Brigadier General John M. Devine.

A snapshot of Press Secretary Charles Ross (second from right) with unidentified others at Eglin Field, Florida.

Major General Edward M. Almond, CG X Corps, and his aide, Captain Ladd, confer with Major General Frank E. Lowe, Military Advisor to President Harry S. Truman, at the Kimpo Air Base during the Korean War.