Donald Merchen

Hermosa, SD

1935, 2758, Ft. Meade/Fechner, D-Army-1,
1935, 2749, Buck Knob (Ogden, Ark), F-13, Truck Driver
1936, 2749, Sand Lake (Columbia, SD), BF-2, Truck Driver
1937, 1791, Vestal Springs (Custer), F-12, Ambulance Driver

Company 2749, the only company to occupy Camp BF-2, Sand Lake (Columbia), organized July 9, 1934, at Camp F-14 (Lightning Creek) a cadre from Company 791 serving as a nucleus. The first enrollees were from the Aberdeen and Watertown areas (1936-1937).

The company was stationed at Canton from July 31 to October 1, 1934, then at Oden, AR (Buck Knob), until June 28, 1935, when it moved to Sand Lake (1936). The company was quartered in tents until August 1935, when it moved into permanent buildings (1937).

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