jack haley wizard of oz wwII autograph camp hyder 77th

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Camp Hyder ,Arizona was only in operation for one year. I have aquired a collection of autographs from a number of celebrities that preformed or visited the troops at the camp in 1943. The collection was passed down through two generations. They were collected by the 77th infantry division photographer ,Warren S.Tausig. From what I gather, from his communications with these celebrities,He would take pictures of their performance then later send some of the photographs to them. Many then sent autographed pictures along with letters back thanking him. He would also have then sign his autograph papers before or after the preformances. He dated and labeled these camp hyder ,arizona-77th inf. div. Please look at my other auctions for more of these autographs. I am not a collector of dealer in these autographs.However, I guarntee all of these to be authentic. I will do my best to describe them,see my feedback,I call it as I see it.Alot of the signitures I cannot make out if anyone can be help i would appreciate it. THIS PAPER IS 3X5 AND SAYS AT THE TOP BEST WISHES FROM THEN HAS FOUR SIGNITURES ,THREE I CANNOT MAKE OUT. THE LAST IS JACK HALEY. THE BOTTOM IS DATED JUNE 12,1943 HE WAS THE TIN MAN IN THE WIZARD OF OZ.BID WITH CONFIDENCE!!!!!!!! ON THESE GUARNTEED AUTHENTIC AUTOGRAPHS. BELOW IS THE HISTORY OF CAMP HYDER AND OTHER CAMPS SET UP BY GENERAL PATTON. General Patton and the Desert Training CenterIt was in the middle of southeastern California's Mojave Desert... a bleak, inhospitable, remote, vast expanse of cactus, scrub and sand. Temperatures ranged from below freezing to 120 in the shade. T was little water and vegetation. Dust storms could blind men and cloudbursts were frequent. The area's elevation ranged from the desert floor to 7,000 feet above sea level.But to Major General George Smith Patton Jr. U.S. Army, the land was nothing less than enchanting. It was in early March of 1942 when Patton, commander of the Army's First Corps and his staff surveyed the area. Patton had been ordered by the War Department to locate, establish and command a training center to train troops for desert warfare. The Army's rationale was that American forces soon would be required to fight the German enemy in North Africa. France had been defeated. The British had failed to hold the Balkans and Greece. And German General Rommel had arrived in Libya to join their Italian allies. The U.S. military felt that North Africa was the first place they could get at the enemy.So, Patton, enamored with the area's endless terrain and superb suitability for armored combat training, established the Desert Training Center in late March, 1942, making his headquarters at Camp Young, near Shavers Summit, (now known as Chiriaco Summit), which today is the locale of the Patton Museum.Construction of the Desert Training Center soon was underway and troops began arriving at once. The area was expand3d in size and scope and ultimately was 350 miles wide and 250 miles deep, ranging from Pomona, California eastward to Phoenix, Arizona. And from Yuma, Arizona to Boulder City, Nevada. The area's name was changed to the California-Arizona Maneuver Area and consisted of Patton's headquarters at Camp Young and 10 other camps; Camp Coxcomb, Camp Iron Mountain, Camp Granite, Camp Essex, Camp Ibis, Camp Hyder, Camp Horn, Camp Laguna, Camp Pilot Knob and Camp Bouse. The camps were massive tent cities containing tanks and repair shops, hospitals, aviation facilities and anti-aircraft and field artillery units.The Camps trained nearly 1 million American servicemen and women. CAMA was the world's largest military installation in both size and population. In late July of 1943, for example, t were 10,966 officers, 514 flight personnel, 604 nurses and hospital attendants and 179,536 enlisted personnel assigned to the camps, for a total of 191,620.Training at the camps was rigid and exacting. Soldiers were required to run a mile in 10 minutes while carrying rifles and full packs. Troo... read more

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