American families, consecrated to fullest support of the war, are exemplified by the Thomas M. Campbell family in the southern U.S. state of Alabama. The parents and all five children are actively engaged in war work.

Thomas M. Campbell, Sr., the father, is a noted agriculturalist. Since 1906 he has been teaching farmers to grow more diversified, better and larger crops. Born in Georgia, he went to study at Tuskegee Institute at the turn of the century. Under guidance of the late Dr. George Washington Carver, one of America’s outstanding scientists, he learned the value of scientific farming.

For many years he has been serving as Field Agent for the Agricultural Extension Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, and in that capacity travels over the country to lecture on farming. He is author of a number of books. In 1930 he received the Harmon Award for distinguished service in farming and rural life. Tuskegee Institute also conferred the honorary degree of Master of Science on him.

His wife, Mrs. Anna Ayers Campbell, is also a Tuskegee graduate and one of the most active women in her community. She has been commended for service in the Tuskegee Institute Chapter of the American Red Cross and for many other civic activities. She is a registered nurse. 

The Campbells have two sons and three daughters.

Captain Thomas M. Campbell, Jr., of the U.S. Army Corps is the eldest son. A graduate of Tuskegee and Meharry Medical School, he enlisted in the Medical Reserve Corps, U. S. Army, in 1941 and was commissioned a first lieutenant. Having served his internship at Lincoln Hospital, Durham, North Carolina, he was called to active duty. He was assistant field surgeon of the 795th Technical Detachment Battalion at Fort Custer, Michigan, before being transferred to Camp Hood, Texas, where he was promoted to the rank of captain. He is now Medical Field Officer of his battalion.

The second son, First Lieutenant William Ayres Campbell of the 99th Fighter Squadron, U.S. Army Air Forces, is fighting in Italy. A graduate of Tuskegee Institute in 1937, he taught civil aeronautics there for several years.  On February 20, 1942, he volunteered in the U.S. Army Air Corps (now Air Forces) and received his training at the Tuskegee Air Base.  While studying at Tuskegee, Lieutenant Campbell played on the football team and won several medals in track and swimming.
 

The eldest daughter is Captain Abbie Noel Campbell of the U. S. Women's Army Corps (see photo on the right). On July 16, 1942, she enrolled as an officer candidate and received her commission as a second lieutenant.  She is now serving as commanding officer of Detachment 2, Station Hospital at Camp Forrest, Tennessee.  A graduate of Tuskegee Institute in home economics, she was formerly a high school teacher.

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Emily Virginia Campbell is a member of the U. S. Cadet Nurse Corps at Lincoln Hospital, New York City, where she received her nursing training. A graduate of Tuskegee, she taught physical education at the David T. Howard University at/ Atlanta, Georgia. The third daughter is Rose Elizabeth Campbell (see photograph on the left). She also graduated from Tuskegee, specializing in physical education, and is now doing graduate work at the University of Wisconsin. She holds an instructor's certificate in water safety and first aid.