Arkansas in Flags in the Dust (Location)

Submitted by sfr on Sat, 2013-09-07 14:46
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Flags in the Dust
Location Key: 
Arkansas
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Arkansas Training Camp
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When Flags in the Dust was written, the phrase "concentration camp" (355) referred to what we would call boot camp. After Buddy MacCallum enlists in Mississippi, he is sent to such a camp in Arkansas for training as an infantryman.

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Continuous
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Military Base

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