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Pella Chronicle in Pella, Iowa

01 Jul 1937

Page 4

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Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 01, 1937

Page

4

Life in the Cantonments Was Replete with Excitement

Editor W A Young visits Camp Dodge from Pella Iowa describing travel to Des Moines for recruitment office rumors and meeting local soldiers and residents including Jelsma Wes terhoff Thomassen Gesman and Lyman Van Houten. The piece notes Camp Dodge growth from a small outpost to a large town hosting thousands and a busy wartime city.

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Ordnance and Quartermaster’s Department Uncle Sam Kaiser Des Moines Pella Jelsma Mom Prairie City Henry Westerhoff Henry Observatory Hoover Medicine Co Hoover Geo. Thomassen Nick Gesman Lou Thomassen Lieut Lyman van Houten Lyman Camp Dodge Camp Dodger Avenue Paardekooper Sheet van Houten Canp Dodie Paris
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Camp Dodge impressions echo Paris with a Dawg

A correspondent tours Camp Dodge in Des Moines noting uniform rows of barracks, the psychology tests conducted for soldiers, and the presence of southern Negro troops. He observes mental testing, comments on health issues, and praises YMCA facilities and hospital complexity while contrasting camp life with civilian work and wartime demands.

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van Houten Medical Lieut Sylveter Penn College Os- Kaloosa The State University Marion County Exemption Board Messrs Sylvester John William Lieut. W. S. Miller Lieut. van Houten Order St. Louis Harlan Iowa
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