- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of Calculator monument, Fort Benning, Muscogee (Chattahoochee) County, Georgia, 1944]
- Date of Original:
- 1944
- Subject:
- Monuments--Georgia--Fort Benning
Dogs--Georgia--Fort Benning
Armed Forces--Georgia--Fort Benning
Arts--Georgia--Fort Benning - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chattahoochee County, Fort Benning, 32.35237, -84.96882
United States, Georgia, Muscogee County, 32.50996, -84.87704 - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Fort Benning, 1944. Monument between Officer's Club and post headquarters to Calculator, the camp mascot during the early 1920s. His name came from the fact that he had but three legs - he used three and carried one. When he wanted a ride into town, he would sit in front of the General's house. When he wanted a ride home, he sat in front of the Ralston Hotel. He died Aug. 29, 1923. Plaque reads "He made better dogs of us all." Infantry is referred to as dog-faced soldiers.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_mus055
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:mus055
- Additional Rights Information:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
Contact repository re: reproduction and usage. - Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
-
