Scope and Contents Harry Gumby grew up in Mount Holly Springs, Pennsylvania, a rural area where his family owned a farm house with three and a half acres. Initially exempt from the draft, he describes the circumstances surrounding his requirement to serve in 1943. When he arrives at Camp Pickett, Virginia for basic training, he recalls waking up the next morning and discovering that a hometown African American friend who was assigned to his unit’s living quarters had suddenly disappeared. He also mentions the...