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Joyce Kilmer and Camp Kilmer, New Jersey

On Joyce Kilmer - "God rest his dear and gallant soul" - Father Duffy

Joyce Kilmer Memorial, Camp Kilmer, New Jersey

Links to Other Kilmer Websites

Postcards of Camp Kilmer

In front of the Joyce Kilmer Memorial, Camp Kilmer, N.J.

In front of the Joyce Kilmer Memorial, Camp Kilmer, New Jersey (c. 1942)

Camp Kilmer Postcards

Postcards from Camp Kilmer including hospital, memorial, fire hall and chapel

A Section of the Hospital Area, Camp Kilmer, N.J.
In front of the Joyce Kilmer Memorial
Fire Department
The Chapel

Postcards from Camp Kilmer including post exchange, theaters, chow line and salute

One of the many Post Exchanges
One of the Theater Buildings
In line for chow
A Salute to You from Camp Kilmer, N.J.

Postcards from Camp Kilmer including receiving mail, new arrivals, drill and headquarters

Receiving mail at Camp Kilmer, N.J.
New Arrivals
Detail assembling for drill
Post Headquarters

From the Pockets of Poets

Alfred Joyce Kilmer
1886-1918

American poet Joyce Kilmer was killed in action on July 30, 1918, near the French town of Seringes. He was 31 years old. Personal effects which were returned to his wife after his death included: A Soldier's Prayer; Business Card of Lt. Coakley, Chaplain; First Class Conduct Card permitting off-duty visits to area villages; Rainbow Observation Post; handwritten message permitting a trip to Baccarat on June 4 and 5, 1918; Envelope bearing a Treasury Department Bureau of War Risk Insurance return address; A poem titled, "The Face of Christ" by the Rev. C. L. O'Donnell; Portrait of his mother, Annie Kilburn Kilmer, signed and inscribed "To Joyce from Mother 15th April 1918" (Link to images of the personal items Joyce Kilmer carried while serving in France).