Fort Snelling Then and Now: The World War II Years

• By: Stephen E. Osman
• Format: Paperback, 141 pg., 6 x 9 in.
• Publisher: Friends of Fort Snelling
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• Product ##: 5331

Fort Snelling inducted over 175,000 new soldiers during World War II and facilitated their discharge at war's end. New units were activated and trained there, students learned to speak and write Japanese, and thousands of injured soldiers were treated at the Fort's hospital and clinics. But the old post's history stretched back to the 1820s, and even frontier era buildings were adapted to the needs of modern warfare. The historic structures remaining today have many stories to tell future generations if they can somehow be preserved.

Include over 120 photos and maps.

Author Stephen E. Osman managed the Minnesota Historical Society's Historic Fort Snelling for over three decades, was the last resident of Fort Snelling's Officers' Quarters, and served as an Army Reservist in the old Infantry Barracks. He currently researches and writes on Minnesota's Civil and Dakota War period.