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My Father taken December 1918 in Homewood, Maryland. The Johns Hopkins campus was located there. This was before the City of Baltimore expanded its borders to include the campus. He was a member of the Student Army Training Corps (a cross between ROTC and a 90 day wonder). He was a corporal in this picture (they didn't wear the chevrons on the great coat), but was mustered out within a few weeks of this picture.I have been told that he is holding an Enfield riffle. He graduated Hopkins with the Class of 1921 (Mo Udall was a classmate of his).
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