Loretta P. Walsh, first female inducted into the Armed Forces.
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Established as a World War I cantonment in July 1917, Camp Meade was built to serve as the training camp for the 79th Division (National Army).
Camp Merritt was built in 1917 as the staging area for soldiers leaving for the American Expeditionary Forces out of the Port of Hoboken. It became the main replacement depot of World War I.
Built in September 1917, Camp Sherman was designed to accommodate 42,000 soldiers training for the American Expeditionary Forces. By the war’s end Camp Sherman had trained roughly 124,500 soldiers.