Fort Custer in the World Wars Political History A doctor appeals to the

A doctor appeals to the public for information about her past and receives a single response

by Hilary Robinson & Martin Impey

as families try to cope with unfathomable losses

Led by twenty-five-year-old Grace Banker

front plates of the Active

Fort Custer in the World Wars Political History A doctor appeals to theDescription 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