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Wings Over San Antonio
Author | : Mel Brown |
Publsiher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 134 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 0738508144 |
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In March 1910, Lt. Benjamin Foulois was ordered to Fort Sam Houston near San Antonio, Texas, with a used Wright Brothers aeroplane and a small contingent of enlisted men. His mission was to teach himself how to operate this primitive flying machine and begin demonstrating the practical uses it might have for the United States Army. This history is chronicled through in-depth captions and over 200 images as author Mel Brown tells the story of how San Antonio eventually became the cradle of military aviation. Mastery of the air would take time, equipment, and lives as the demanding flight path led from the early trials at Ft. Sam to the eventual establishment of four flying centers around the city. Working through trial and error, the aeronautic pioneers and first combat aviators convinced the military that the building of an American air arm was needed; thus the legend of the U.S. Air Force at San Antonio was born. Using many photographs never before published, the author tells the rich history of the air force bases in San Antonio, including Kelly, Brooks, and Randolph Fields. Also included are images of some of aviation's first heroes, such as Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and Clair Chennault.
Wings Over San Antonio
Author | : Mel Brown |
Publsiher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2001-02-15 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 9781439628041 |
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In March 1910, Lt. Benjamin Foulois was ordered to Fort Sam Houston near San Antonio, Texas, with a used Wright Brothers aeroplane and a small contingent of enlisted men. His mission was to teach himself how to operate this primitive flying machine and begin demonstrating the practical uses it might have for the United States Army. This history is chronicled through in-depth captions and over 200 images as author Mel Brown tells the story of how San Antonio eventually became the cradle of military aviation. Mastery of the air would take time, equipment, and lives as the demanding flight path led from the early trials at Ft. Sam to the eventual establishment of four flying centers around the city. Working through trial and error, the aeronautic pioneers and first combat aviators convinced the military that the building of an American air arm was needed; thus the legend of the U.S. Air Force at San Antonio was born. Using many photographs never before published, the author tells the rich history of the air force bases in San Antonio, including Kelly, Brooks, and Randolph Fields. Also included are images of some of aviation's first heroes, such as Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and Clair Chennault.
A History of Military Aviation in San Antonio
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 124 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Aeronautics, Military |
ISBN | : UIUC:30112050113684 |
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Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170 c of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954
Author | : United States. Internal Revenue Service |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 1148 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations |
ISBN | : UOM:39015062116408 |
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Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170 c of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 1490 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations |
ISBN | : NYPL:33433016643763 |
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Wings over America William Doyle Harris and Aerlyn Augusta Hatter One Family s Story
Author | : Peggy Harris Dionne |
Publsiher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Air pilots, Military |
ISBN | : 9781483462950 |
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Wings over the Mexican Border
Author | : Kenneth B. Ragsdale |
Publsiher | : Univ of TX + ORM |
Total Pages | : 433 |
Release | : 2010-07-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780292757592 |
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A Texas historian reveals how a borderland ranch became the proving ground for American combat aviation and a flashpoint for US-Mexico relations. Against a backdrop of revolution, border banditry, freewheeling aerial dramatics, and World War II, Kenneth B. Ragsdale tells the story of Elmo Johnson’s Big Bend ranch in southwestern Texas. This remote airfield is where hundreds of young Army Air Corps pilots demonstrated the US military’s reconnaissance and emergency response capabilities and, in so doing, dramatized the changing role of the airplane as an instrument of war and peace. Ragsdale vividly portrays the development of the US aerial strike force; the men who would go on to become combat leaders; and especially Elmo Johnson himself, the Big Bend rancher, trader, and rural sage who emerges as the dominant figure at one of the most unusual facilities in the annals of the Air Corps. Ragsdale also examines how these aerial escapades effected border tensions. He provides a reflective look at US–Mexican relations from the 1920s through the 1940s, paying special attention to the tense days during and after the Escobar Rebellion of 1929. Wings over the Mexican Border tells a stirring story of the American frontier juxtaposed with the new age of aerial technology.
Texas and Texans in World War II
Author | : Christopher B. Bean |
Publsiher | : Texas A&M University Press |
Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 2022-08-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781623499709 |
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Texans in World War II offers an informative look at the challenges and changes faced by Texans on the home front during the Second World War. This collection of essays by leading scholars of Texas history covers topics from the African American and Tejano experience to organized labor, from the expanding opportunities for women to the importance of oil and agriculture. Texans in World War II makes local the frequently studied social history of wartime, bringing it home to Texas. An eye-opening read for Texans eager to learn more about this defining era in their state’s history, this book will also prove deeply informative for scholars, students, and general readers seeking detailed, definitive information about World War II and its implications for daily life, economic growth, and social and political change in the Lone Star State.