Garbage dump from Camp Shelby WWI hospital subject of new archaeological dig

Garbage dump from Camp Shelby WWI hospital subject of new archaeological dig

CAMP SHELBY, Miss. (WDAM) – A garbage dump used by the post hospital at Camp Shelby during World War I is the focus of a new archaeological project by the Mississippi National Guard. Staff members with the National Guard’s Cultural Resources Program have been overseeing the excavation of that site, which was discovered last fall. An environmental resources team from Louisiana just spent the last few days digging at the site. So far, they’ve foun…