Missouri Over There

Pass to Camp Doniphan for Otto P. Higgins - December 12, 1917

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Headquarters 35th Division Camp Doniphan, Fort Sill, [Oklahoma] No. #377 [December] 12th, 1917 Pass Bearer Mr. Otto P. Higgins, Ror. of The Kansas Star, Kansas City, [Missouri] Midland Hotel, Lawton, [Oklahoma] Through and in Camp Doniphan, For purpose of of taking general views for above named Paper. By command of Division Commander: J.M. Hobson, Maj. Inf. N.A. Division Adjutant. Baker Bearunell 2nd Lt. A.g.h.a.

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Title Pass to Camp Doniphan for Otto P. Higgins - December 12, 1917
Creator Unknown
Source Unknown. Pass to Camp Doniphan for Otto P. Higgins. 12 December 1917. Higgins, Otto P. Collection. 2010.145. The National World War I Museum, Kansas City, Missouri.
Description Otto Higgins did not serve in the United States military, but he spent the entire span of the war in training camps and overseas with the army as a staff correspondent for the Kansas City Star. He wrote about soldiers from the Mid-West, especially Missouri and Kansas. Higgin's began his service with the old Third Regiment, and was with regiments at Camp Nichols, Fort Riley, Camp Funston, Camp Doniphan, Fort Leavenworth, Fort Sheridan, and finally in France. This pass permitted Otto P. Higgins of the Kansas City Star to take photographs at Camp Doniphan in Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
Site Accession Number 2010.145
Contributing Institution National World War I Museum and Memorial
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Language English