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To: DFG

I was at Fort Custer in Michigan once. That place, as I remember it, had quite a few WWI style trenches throughout, many overgrown. Very dangerous. What surprised me was how deep they were. Originally Camp Custer, it was built to train for WWI and I was told many of the trenches dated to that era. Very run down in the early 80s. Not a fun place.


6 posted on 04/13/2025 8:19:43 AM PDT by rey
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To: rey

“I was at Fort Custer in Michigan once. That place, as I remember it, had quite a few WWI style trenches throughout, many overgrown. Very dangerous. What surprised me was how deep they were. Originally Camp Custer, it was built to train for WWI and I was told many of the trenches dated to that era.”

Home of the 339th Infantry. Polar Bear Division. First Americans to fight the Bolsheviks.


19 posted on 04/13/2025 10:44:59 AM PDT by wetgundog
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