Fort Custer in the World Wars Political History by Hilary Robinson & Martin

by Hilary Robinson & Martin Impey

by Michael Dorflinger

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Fort Custer in the World Wars Political History by Hilary Robinson & MartinDescription By Brenda Glover Leyndyke Paperback The April 1917 declaration of war on Germany hastened the need for US training camps. Camp Custer, named for Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer, was established on July 18, 1917. Thousands of soldiers were inducted at Camp Custer, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers would start their military training at Camp and later Fort Custer, which became a permanent base in 1940. Images from Camp and Fort Custer