Markers in Time: Camp MacArthur

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The Markers in Time series dives deeper into the stories behind the historic markers in Waco.

This file appears in: Camp MacArthur

By Amanda Sawyer
Ten weeks after the United States declared war on Germany in 1917, Waco was chosen as the site for a military training camp. The United States initially lacked the military manpower needed to fight in…