THE THOMSON FAMILY SCRAPBOOK

Compiled From Original Scrapbook Of

David McCullough Thomson

By

David McCullough Thomson, August, 2001



MY ARMY SERVICE
October, 1954 - October, 1956

PUERTO RICO NARRATIVE

Page 1 One photograph at my basic training camp, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Then a ship down to Puerto Rico where I will be stationed.
Page 2 Generally pictures of San Juan,Puerto Rico, and Camp Salinas where I am stationed.
Page 3 More photographs of Camp Salinas and some other soldiers there. Also "my dog" that I adopted while stationed there as the camp was de-activated and me and several others soldiers served as guards.
Page 4 El Morro Fortress in San Juan, a historical landmark.
Page 5 The ship back to the States where I am assigned to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, as a company clerk to finish to enlistment.