World War I
On March 1, 1912 Jefferson Barracks involves its place in the world as the main base for the first aviation parachuting. Albert Berry became the first person to ever successfully parachute from an airplane, which was being flown by Anthony Jannus over the field.
During World War I, Jefferson Barracks served as a training and recruitment station for soldiers heading to Europe.
During the 1930s, the Citizens Military Training Camp or CMTC was held at Jefferson Barracks. Young men could spend one month a year at the post being trained as a soldier, and after three years they could enter the military. Also during that time the Works Progress Administration (WPA) had camps at Jefferson Barracks.
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Famous quotes containing the words war i, world and/or war:
“War is a blessing compared with national degradation.”
—Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)
“The world is not black and white. More like black and grey.”
—Graham Greene (1904–1991)
“They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.”
—Bible: Hebrew Isaiah, 2:4.
The words reappear in Micah 4:3, and the reverse injunction is made in Joel 3:10 (”Beat your plowshares into swords ...”)