Fort Custer was named after Gen. George Armstrong Custer, a native of Michigan. The original Camp Custer was built in 1917 on 130 parcels of land, mainly small farms leased to the government by the ...

Fort Custer National Cemetery ... All while a camp of prisoners — the enemy — lived safely down the street. In his book “Michigan POW Camps in World War II,” historian Gregory Sumner ...

This camp is where the season starts. It's going to be tough, but we are going to get better as a team," said Pennfield ...