Black men enroll for Officers' Training Camp
Dublin Core
Title
Black men enroll for Officers' Training Camp
Subject
Black Soldiers
Officers
Description
Photograph shows enlistees at the YMCA Officers' Training Camp at Fort Des Moines, Iowa. A. Merrill Willis (sitting) was the first man to enlist.
Creator
Paul Thompson
Source
File Unit: Colored Troops, 1917 - 1918
Series: American Unofficial Collection of World War I Photographs, 1917 - 1918
Record Group 165: Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs, 1860 - 1952
Series: American Unofficial Collection of World War I Photographs, 1917 - 1918
Record Group 165: Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs, 1860 - 1952
Publisher
War Department
Date
1918
Rights
Unrestricted
Format
Image
Identifier
Coverage
Fort Des Moines, IA
Citation
Paul Thompson, “Black men enroll for Officers' Training Camp,” 1918 Over Here, accessed July 27, 2026, https://carolstreet.createuky.net/1918OverHere/items/show/47.