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Camp Fannin. / 32.433°N 95.1917°W / 32.433; -95.1917. Camp Fannin was a U.S. Army Infantry Replacement Training Center and prisoner-of-war camp located near Tyler, Texas. It was opened in May 1943 and operated for four years, before closing in 1946. It is credited with training over 200,000 U.S. soldiers, sometimes as many as 40,000 ...
1940–present. During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces established numerous airfields in Texas for training pilots and aircrews. The amount of available land and the temperate climate made Texas a prime location for year-round military training. By the end of the war, 65 Army airfields were built in the state.
Pounds Field was established by the City of Tyler in 1929 at a cost of $40,450 (equivalent to $717,752 in 2023) as a municipal airport. As part of the buildup of the Army Air Corps in 1941, the Administrator of Civil Aeronautics of the Department of Commerce, acting under the Commerce Appropriation act, entered an agreement with the city for the development of the Tyler Municipal Airport as a ...
Foster Air Force Base. / 28.85250°N 96.91861°W / 28.85250; -96.91861. Foster Air Force Base (1941–1945, 1952–1959) is a former United States Air Force facility in Texas, located in Victoria County, approximately six miles (10 km) east-northeast of Victoria . A flying training airfield during World War II, it was part of Tactical ...
John C. Moritz, Austin American-Statesman. April 4, 2024 at 6:00 AM. Construction has begun on Texas' military base camp in Eagle Pass, near the Texas-Mexico border, which is expected to house ...
Midland Army Air Field was a World War II United States Army Air Forces bombardier-training base on U.S. Highway 80 halfway between Midland and Odessa in Midland County.. It was originally named Sloan Field for Samuel Addison Sloan, who leased 240 acres of pastureland from Clarence Scharbauer, a rancher in October 1927 to establish a privately owned landing field and flying school.
Sketches of Camp Ford drawn by James S. McClain between May 3, 1864, and May 27, 1865. Multiple Union soldiers who were held as POWs at Camp Ford documented their confinement through diaries kept during their time there. One such diary was created by James S. McClain, who had been captured on May 3, 1864, and was held until the final exchange ...