Camp MacArthur Base Hospital

ID: 612 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University

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The base hospital met the needs of sick and wounded soldiers throughout World War I. It also served a crucial role in caring for the sick during the 1918 outbreak of Spanish Influenza in Waco.

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Camp MacArthur

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…