Augusta, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Find a Grave: #109405
Plot:
National Cemetery
| File name | Cemetery-FORT CUSTER NATIONAL (Augusta MI).jpg |
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| Linked to | Find a Grave (Military Cemetery-Fort Custer); Ronald Wayne Lowe (Burial) |
Fort Custer National Cemetery, Augusta, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA
Notes: Fort Custer was named after General George Armstrong Custer, a native of the state of Michigan.
The original Camp Custer was built in 1917 on 130 parcels of land, mainly small farms leased to the government by the local chamber of commerce as part of the military mobilization for World War I. After a two-year grace period, the Army was allowed to buy it for about $98 an acre. Construction of the camp started in July 1917 and within five months 2,000 buildings were ready to accommodate some 36,000 men. During World War I, some 90,000 troops passed through Camp Custer. Following the Armistice of 1918, the camp became a demobilization base for over 100,000 men. Some of the troops passed through here twice, going to war and upon returning home.
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