Company 6 3rd Reg. First WAC training center, Fort Des Moines, Iowa

ID: 333 ~ Source: Collection of the AAMI - Gift of Connie Hillsman ~ Date: 8 August 1944

This file appears in: Fort Des Moines: Chronology

Inscription: "Company 6 3rd Reg. First WAC training center, Fort Des Moines, Iowa - 8 August 1944. LT. Vera G. Campbell, Commanding Officer- Lt. Thelma B. Brown, Second in Command- Lt. Julia H. Williams, Supply Officer- Lt. Helma D. Williams, Recreational Officer"

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Subject

Wartime

Contributor

African American Museum of Iowa

Relation

African American Museum of Iowa

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Image

This file appears in: Fort Des Moines: Chronology

Fort Des Moines: Chronology

By Fort Des Moines Museum & Education Center

1901 Construction begins on the 400-acre base Fort Des Moines on Des Moines’ South Side.1903-1904 Two companies of the all-black U.S. Army 25th Infantry surprise Des Moines’ local citizens by arriving instead of white cavalry. The 25th had been…