Camp Doniphan, Oklahoma

Camp Doniphan was a military base adjacent to Fort Sill, just outside Lawton, in Comanche County, Oklahoma, that was activated for use in World War I for artillery training.

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, Long Island, New York; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; or Camp Merritt, Dumont, New Jersey, for embarkation to France.

The camp contained 1,267 buildings, the majority of which were tents, over a 2,000-acre (8.1 km2) area.

[3] The camp was home of the 35th Infantry Division, made up of the National Guard of Kansas and Missouri.

[8][9][10][11] Harry S. Truman was stationed at Camp Doniphan from September 1917 until March 1918, and he was assigned to run the regimental canteen.

Soldiers line up for Typhoid Inoculation, Camp Doniphan, ca. 1917-1918.