On May 1, a crowd of 10,000 persons witnessed the demonstration and renaming dedication exercises at Camp Mackall before bugler PVT Billy J. Horn of HQ1-511 PIR blasted a call. The entire 11th Airborne then passed in review for General Swing, Post Commander Colonel Vernon G. Olsmith, MG Gerry Chapman of Airborne Command, and Ada May Toland Newton, mother of Pvt. John T. “Tommy” Mackall for whom the camp was being named.
The 11th Airborne took twenty minutes to pass and every Angel solemnly saluted Mrs. Mackall.
Pictured here is Mrs. Mackall in black dress and hat with MG Joseph Swing to her left and the 11th AB's ADC BG Albert Pierson to Swing's left. To Mrs. Mackall's right is Post Commander Colonel Vernon G. Olsmith.
A special news correspondent wrote, "Thrilling and colorful was the passing in review of the 11th airborne division, commanded by Major General Joseph M. Swing. It is one of the newest airborne divisions of many more to come and drew high praise from military and civilian leaders here today on their rapid progress in training."
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The boys of the 511th PIR enjoyed Camp Mackall's superior facilities when not out on several-day bivouacs or long marches. Out of 12,000 volunteers, only 2,176 remained, having passed (i.e. survived) Colonel Orin Haugen's strict acceptance guidelines. At Mackall the soldiers practiced field problems and got to know the other units in their mother organization, the 11th Airborne Division under Major-General Joseph May Swing.
