History of the flight line : Sioux Falls Army Air Field, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, July 1942 - March 1944 / Howard J. Petry, O.L. Rogers. [194-?]

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History of the flight line : Sioux Falls Army Air Field, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, July 1942 - March 1944 / Howard J. Petry, O.L. Rogers. [194-?]

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Army Air Forces Technical School (Sioux Falls, S.D.)

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Petry, Howard J.

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Rogers, O. L.

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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 ...