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C-SPAN Cities Tour - Des Moines: Historic Fort Des Moines
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July 18, 2014
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10:28Now PlayingLearn about Historic Fort Des Moines, home to the U.S. Army's first officer candidate class for African American men in 1917, and the establishment of the first Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC's) in 1942. Jack Lufkin, Fort Des Moines' Museum Curator, will tell us why this out of the way base was chosen as the training ground for the black officers and how citizens of Des Moines reacted.
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