DESERT TRAINING
CAMP LAGUNA - YUMA, AZ
MARCH - AUGUST 1943
HARD CONDITIONS AND HARSH CLIMATE.
THE GRAY BONNET BOYS MARKED THEIR LOCATION
WITH THEIR REGIMENTAL SYMBOL FORMED BY PAINTED ROCKS.
TOUGH RANGER TRAINING
SWELTERING DAYS AND COLD NIGHTS.
MALCOLM SAID THE DESERT HELL WAS THE
TOUGHEST OF STATESIDE TRAINING.
MANY DID NOT MAKE THE GRADE.
TRIM A LITTLE OFF THE SIDES
THE CONDITIONS WERE ROUGH BUT
THE MEN WERE MADE COMBAT READY
AND THEIR READINESS WOULD SAVE MANY LIVES.
THE 8TH ID AND THE 121ST INFANTRY REGIMENT
WOULD DISTINGUISH THEMSELVES IN COMBAT
THROUGHOUT THE WAR IN EUROPE.
