In may, 1917, the u. s. army opened ft. jackson on the edge of columbia, south carolina, in order to

 It was opened to serve as the base where soldiers would be trained to fight in the ww1, which was becoming clear that the USA had to enter to protect her trade intrests in the seas, in response to German activity of bombing her merchant ships.

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