Fort Custer Training Center - History

History

Camp Custer was built in 1917 for military training during World War I. Named after Civil War cavalry officer General George Armstrong Custer, the facility trained or demobilized more than 100,000 troops during World War I.

In the years following World War I, the camp was used to train the Officer Reserve Corps and the Civilian Conservation Corps.

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