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<p>Location of the Drill Field and Recreation Area at Fort Slocum.</p>

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<p>Fort Slocum&#39;s Drill and Athletic Field, shown here in a postcard probably published ca. 1917, was built in about 1914 to provide a place for drill training and athletic contests. View to south.</p>

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<p>Temporary barracks and an outdoor movie screen were built on the drill field during the First World War to accommodate the crush of recruits passing through Fort Slocum. View to northeast, ca. 1918 (Library of Congress, Prints &amp; Photos Div, GG Bain digital collection).</p>

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<p>Enlisted Men&#39;s Tennis Courts on the western edge of the Drill and Athletic Field, looking north-northeast, 1940. Behind, left to right, are the YMCA (Building 71) and two barracks, Buildings 61 and 60.</p>

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<p>The abandoned Drill and Athletic Field overgrown with shrubs, vines and trees, view west-southwest, April 2006.</p>

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