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Item Title
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA
Location
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS IA-121
National Register Number: 74000805
Significance: Fort Des Moines is significant as the site of the army training camp for black officers during World War I, the first extensive attempt to education black officer candidates for the rigors of combat leadership. During and after World War I, the post attained recognition in medical circles for innovations in the field of orthopedics research. The fort is further significant as the home of the First WAAC Training Center during World War II, where more than 72,000 women completed training to assist the military mission, thereby fostering a greater role for women in the nation's military establishment.
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. GENERAL VIEW LOOKING EAST
2. GENERAL VIEW LOOKING WEST
3. GENERAL VIEW LOOKING SOUTHWEST
4. GENERAL VIEW LOOKING SOUTHEAST OF BLDGS 66 (L) THRU 55 (R)
5. GENERAL VIEW LOOKING SOUTHEAST OF BLDG 68
6. GENERAL VIEW LOOKING SOUTHWEST OF BLDG 55 (L) AND 56
7. GENERAL VIEW LOOKING SOUTHWEST OF BLDGS 86 (L) THRU 55
8. GENERAL VIEW LOOKING NORTHWEST OF BLDGS 68, 70, 65
9. GENERAL VIEW LOOKING SOUTH OF BLDGS 70, 69, 68
10. GENERAL VIEW LOOKING SOUTHEAST OF BLDGS 70, 69, 68
11. GENERAL VIEW LOOKING SOUTHWEST OF BLDGS 70, 69, 68
12. GENERAL VIEW LOOKING NORTH [BLDGS 68 (L) AND 70 (R)]
13. GENERAL VIEW LOOKING SOUTHEAST OF BLDGS 73, 72, 71
14. GENERAL VIEW LOOKING SOUTH OF BLDGS 73, 72, 71
15. GENERAL VIEW LOOKING NORTH [BLDGS 71 (L) AND 73 (R)]
16. GENERAL VIEW LOOKING NORTHEAST [BLDGS 71 (L) AND 73 (R)]
17. GENERAL VIEW LOOKING NORTHEAST OF BLDGS 58, 81, 83, 86
18. GENERAL VIEW LOOKING SOUTH [BLDGS 83 (L) AND 81 (R)]
19. GENERAL VIEW LOOKING SOUTHWEST [BLDGS 83 (L) AND 81 (R)]
20. GENERAL VIEW LOOKING SOUTHEAST [BLDGS 83 (L) AND 81 (R)]
21. GENERAL VIEW LOOKING NORTH [BLDGS 81 (L) AND 83 (R)]
22. GENERAL VIEW LOOKING NORTHWEST [BLDGS 81 (L) AND 83 (R)]
23. GENERAL VIEW LOOKING SOUTHWEST OF BLDGS 87, 86, 83, 55
24. GENERAL VIEW LOOKING NORTH OF BLDGS 122 AND 123
25. GENERAL VIEW LOOKING EAST OF BLDGS 127 AND 126
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