Soldiers Bring Business

ID: 1319 ~ Source: Sendón, Mary Kemendo, interviewed by Lois E. Myers, January 11, 1994, in Waco, Texas. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX. View the full interview
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Mary Kemendo Sendón speaks of how soldiers would come to her father's store to have their boots taken care of and the impact of their residence in Waco.

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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 the war and needed to rapidly increase the…