Line up for Typhoid Inoculation, Camp Doniphan, Oklahoma (20852005054)

Camp Doniphan was a military base adjacent to

Fort Sill Fort Sill is a United States Army post north of Lawton, Oklahoma, about 85 miles (136.8 km) southwest of Oklahoma City. It covers almost . The fort was first built during the Indian Wars. It is designated as a National Historic Landmark ...

, just outside Lawton, in Comanche County,

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, that was activated for use in World War I for artillery training. The post was closed in 1918 and incorporated into Fort Sill.

History

The camp was named for

Alexander William Doniphan Alexander William Doniphan (July 9, 1808 – August 8, 1887) was a 19th-century American attorney, soldier and politician from Missouri who is best known today as the man who prevented the summary execution of Joseph Smith, founder of the Church ...

, a hero of the Mexican–American War from the Missouri Volunteers of Northwestern Missouri. It was from this camp that thousands of soldiers, from Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri, were given basic training prior to being sent to Camp Mills, Mineola,

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; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; or Camp Merritt,

Dumont, New Jersey Dumont is a Borough (New Jersey), borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 17,479,France. The camp contained 1,267 buildings, the majority of which were tents, over a area. The camp was home of the 35th Infantry Division, made up of the National Guard of Kansas and Missouri. It became part of the

United States Army Field Artillery School The United States Army Field Artillery School (USAFAS) trains Field Artillery Soldiers and Marines in tactics, techniques, and procedures for the employment of fire support systems in support of the maneuver commander. The school further develop ...

, and included the 128th Field Artillery Regiment and

129th Field Artillery Regiment 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...

of Missouri,

130th Field Artillery Regiment The 130th Field Artillery Regiment is a United States Army field artillery regiment, represented in the Kansas Army National Guard by the 2nd Battalion, 130th Field Artillery, part of the 130th Field Artillery Brigade at Hiawatha, Kansas. The r ...

of Kansas, and the

158th Field Artillery Regiment The 158th Field Artillery Regiment is a Field Artillery regiment of the Army National Guard. Lineage Constituted 26 February 1920 in the Oklahoma National Guard as the 158th Field Artillery Organized 1921-1923 from new and existing u ...

of Oklahoma.Chronological Record of the 129th Field Artillery 1917-1919
- the Truman Library

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was stationed at Camp Doniphan from September 1917 until March 1918, and he was assigned to run the regimental canteen. It was here that he made

Edward Jacobson Edward "Eddie" Jacobson (June 17, 1891, New York City – October 25, 1955, Kansas City, Missouri) was an American businessman. He is best known as an Army comrade, business partner, and close friend of President Harry S. Truman. Jacobson was bor ...

his business partner.McCullough, p. 107

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