Medical Department - Hospitals - Des Moines, Iowa - United States of America General Hospital Number 26, Fort Des Moines, Iowa

ID: 334 ~ Source: National Archives ~ Date: 1918-09

This file appears in: Fort Des Moines: Chronology

Medical Department - Hospitals - Des Moines, Iowa - United States of America General Hospital Number 26, Fort Des Moines, Iowa

Original Caption: United States of America General Hospital Number 26, Fort Des Moines, Iowa. Class in cabinet making and repairing.

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Wartime

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NAI 45495416

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…