Camp Gordon YMCA

Linked to World War I Military Camps

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The YMCA, present at all military camps, was vital to army morale during World War I (1917-18). This building at Camp Gordon housed the first telephone exchange in Chamblee. 

Courtesy of Paul Stephen Hudson and Lora Pond Mirza

Camp Gordon YMCA

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