Records, 1939-1960.

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Records, 1939-1960.

Includes correspondence, programs, scrapbooks, magazine articles, newspaper clippings, maps and miscellaneous items relating to the two military bases near Abilene, Camp Barkeley and Dyess Air Force Base. Of special interest is the groundbreaking ceremony for Abilene (Dyess) Air Force Base in 1953.

2 microfilm reels : negative

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United States. Air Force

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At Harris Neck, Georgia, in the remote northern reaches of McIntosh County, the United States government, in the fall of 1942, confiscated the lands along the South Newport and Barbour Island Rivers. Paved runways were constructed for aircraft, and Harris Neck became an air reconnaissance base for the United States Army Air Force during World War II. A number of support buildings were constructed at the Harris Neck Air Base, such as barracks for personnel, an officers club, and PX, to serve the ...

Abilene Chamber of Commerce

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The Abilene, Texas Chamber of Commerce was organized in 1890 as the Abilene, Texas Board of Trade. Over the years, it collected materials on Camp Barkeley and Dyess Air Base near Abilene. Camp Barkeley, established near Abilene in December 1940, was in operation until March 1945. It was named after David D. Barkeley, who was killed in the Meuse- Argonne Campaign in World War I. Abilene Army Air Base was in operation during World War II and closed in 1947 but reactivated as Abilene Air Base, a st...

Dyess, William Edwin.

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United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Camp Barkeley (Tex.)

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