First Women Volunteer at Des Moines
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For the first time in his 32 years of army service, Sergt. J.H. Reasor, of the army recruiting office here, interviewed women applicants for service in the United States army. On the left is Peggy Kendall, 22, 634 Thirty-fourth st., and right is Corinne Read, 21, who came from Canada.
This file appears in: Fort Des Moines: Chronology
Fort Des Moines: Chronology
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…