Fort Des Moines Colored Officers Training, 1917.
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Interview with James Mitchell and James Morris regarding their officer training experiences at Fort Des Moines during World War I.
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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…