80th Field Artillery

ID: 1636 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University ~ Creator: E. C. Blomeyer

This file appears in: Camp MacArthur Troop Train Derailment

Soldiers stand between the derailed Pullman and a Wells Fargo freight car while a telephone worker restores service. Just a few months after the train derailment, the 80^th Field Artillery moved overseas in August of 1918.

This file appears in: Camp MacArthur Troop Train Derailment

Camp MacArthur Troop Train Derailment

By Geoff Hunt

On June 18, 1918, a troop train carrying soldiers from Camp MacArthur’s 80th Field Artillery left East Waco and traveled eastward on the Cotton Belt line, heading toward a southern training camp. After traveling for fifteen minutes (about seven…