World War I

Fort Des Moines is a military installation in Des Moines, Iowa. During World War I, the fort served as the first and only training site for African American officers. During World War II, Fort Des Moines was the first training site for the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) and the Women’s Army Corps (WAC), and the only training site for WAC and WAAC officers.

Obie Bryant Rice was an African American veteran of World War I, died of disease while serving in the U.S.

This Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) lesson plan focuses on the Philadelphia Navy Yard at League Island. Today, the navy yard is known as the Philadelphia Navy Yard Annex, or the PNYA.

Gravestone of Corporal Morris Link, who was killed in action in World War I, serving with the famed Harlem Hell fighters, one of the points of interest on a self guided tour exploring the African American history of St. Paul's Church N.H.S., in Mt. Vernon, NY.

Service record of Corporal Morris Link, who served with the 369th Regiment, nicknamed the Harlem Hellfighters, in World War I, and was killed in action in France, in 1918. Corporal Link is buried in the historic cemetery at St. Paul's.

This map will help visitors locate the graves of veterans buried at St. Paul's on the self guided Memorial Day tour of the historic cemetery, May 31, 2021. It was created by John R. Wright.