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Historic Kansas City Armories
Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed this armory at 3620 Main Street.
Note the Engineer emblems on each side of the doorway.
This armory was at 1713- This was home to the Engineers at 242 nd
1715 Main Street 23 East Pershing Road
Armory at 25 East Pershing Road Armory at 1528 Oak Street

Museum of Missouri Military History 2302 Militia Drive, Jefferson City, MO 65101. Phone: 573-638-9603. Email: ngmo.pao@us.army.mil
World War I “The Great War”
th
and the 110 Engineers
The photos you see below came from this

th
pictorial history of the 35 Division.
World War I “The Great War”
th
and the 140 Infantry
The 140th Infantry was formed by joining

the old Missouri 3rd and 6th Infantry
Regiments. The 3rd had been a Kansas City
based regiment since 1886. The 140th
served with distinction during the war.
After the war a unit history titled
“From Doniphan to Verdun”
was published from which these
images were taken.
Photographs from the 1939 Missouri National Guard Yearbook.
This book is an excellent resource for genealogists and unit histories.
The 110 th
Engineers training tor the
coming war at Camp Robinson,
Arkansas.
The 110 th
trained at Camp
Robinson until separated from
th
the 35 Division and sent to
California where they would
embark on their journey
around the Pacific Ocean.
Missouri State Guard
During WWII, the Missouri State Guard took over the role of the Missouri National
Guard during its deployment. The Missouri Sate Guard was made up of men who
were too young or old to join the military. Others were classified as 4F, or physically
ineligible for service. In many cases this was not too great a disadvantage for them
to serve in the State Guard. For example, CPT Merle Chiles had asthma and served.
CPT Chiles was also crucial to the war effort as a civilian as well with his work in the
manufacture of bomb sights
110 th Engineers 1952 AT at Camp Ripley
242nd Engineer Battalion
The242nd was the first African American Missouri National Guard unit
since 1887. The last known African American Kansas City unit was the
Jordan Rifles commanded by CPT Louis Tompkins
242 nd Engineers at the first Armed Forces Day Parade.

242nd Soldiers are seen here demonstrating
communications equipment.
Photo of 242 nd
Soldiers in chow
line at the Municipal Auditorium
during the 1951 floods.
Notable persons who have served in the
Militia or National Guard from Kansas City:
Unfortunately, no known image of David Waldo
exists. He is worth mentioning here for his service in
the Missouri Militia. Waldo offered his services to
the state in1846 and was elected Captain of Company
A, Missouri Mounted Volunteers. His company
served with COL Alexander Doniphan during the war.
After the war, Waldo entered various business
ventures and became wealthy. Part of the business
district in Kansas City today bears his name.
George Caleb Bingham was elected Captain of

a Home Guard unit and later was Captain of
Company C, Van Horn’s Battalion of Cavalry.
In 1875 he was appointed Adjutant General
and served for two years. Bingham is most noted for
his paintings. Two of which are “Order Number 11” and
“Fur Traders Descending the Missouri”.
Ernest Hemingway joined the Missouri Home Guard on 25

March, 1918 after he failed the vision exam to enter the Army.
The Home Guard was created to serve as a defense force in
Missouri while the National Guard was deployed for World War
I. He volunteered in August with the Red Cross Ambulance
Corps and served on the Italian front. On 8 July, 1918,
Hemingway was severely wounded delivering supplies to
Soldiers. He was wounded by an Austrian mortar shell that left
fragments in his legs and was also hit with machine-gun fire.
Hemingway was later awarded a medal by the Italian
government for rescuing an American Soldier who had also
been wounded the same time he was. Despite his own
injuries, Hemingway was able to drag himself and the Soldier
to safety. Hemingway went on to write many novels and other
works of literature like “A Farewell To Arms”, “For Whom The
Bell Tolls”, and “The Old Man And The Sea”.
A sampling of units that have been in Kansas City since the 1960’s.
Kansas City has hosted several units from
Engineers to Medical in its long history of service to the state and nation.
Deployment ceremony of the Engineers 110 th
at Kauffman Stadium in 2005
KFOR 10
Kansas City and the Missouri National Guard’s largest mobilization since World War I.
The 110th Engineers have a new designation and a new patch.
Departure and ceremony at the Kansas City Armory in 2008
CSM Lederle and BG Larry Kay exchanging the patch of the 110th EN Patch for the
for the new 110th MEB in a ceremony held at the Kansas City Armory. 110th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade
The Kansas City Armory
was dedicated 29 September, 1973. The Armory
was intended to house nine units when first
opened.

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Historic Kansas City Armories

Armory at 25 East Pershing Road Armory at 1528 Oak Street

The photos you see below came from this

The 140th Infantry was formed by joining

242 nd Engineers at the first Armed Forces Day Parade.

George Caleb Bingham was elected Captain of

Ernest Hemingway joined the Missouri Home Guard on 25

at Kauffman Stadium in 2005

Departure and ceremony at the Kansas City Armory in 2008

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