World War I
In July 1917, it was announced that National Guard units from Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana would be assigned to Alexandria, Louisiana, for training as the 18th Division. Alexandria is the location of Camp Beauregard, named after General P. G. T. Beauregard, C.S.A.
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Charles Foster Kane: Yes—Dear Wheeler, You provide the prose poems, I’ll provide the war.”
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