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The Gila River War Relocation Center was an American concentration camp in Arizona, ... (48.3 km) southeast of Phoenix. With a peak population of 13,348, it became ...
During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in Arizona for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers.. Most of these airfields were under the command of Fourth Air Force or the Army Air Forces Training Command (A predecessor of the current-day United States Air Force Air Education and Training Command).
Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Field (ICAO: KGXF, FAA LID: GXF) is a United States Air Force auxiliary airfield used as an emergency landing facility by Luke Air Force Base and Davis-Monthan Air Force Base aircraft and units from other nearby bases using the Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range complex.
Kenichi Zenimura (January 25, 1900 – November 13, 1968) was a Japanese-American baseball player, manager, and promoter. He had a long career with semiprofessional Japanese-American baseball leagues in the western United States and Hawaii; these leagues were very active and popular from about 1900 to 1941.
The federal government has made record funding available for water-saving projects, including a $233 million pact with the Gila River Indian Community to conserve about two feet of water in Lake ...
The Gila monster represents service along the Gila River and the southwest desert from 1917 to 1920 (added to the insignia in 1925). The ship anchor and oars are the coat of arms from 9E's original parent unit, the 2nd Battalion Mounted Engineers .
From the Centennial Wash confluence, the Gila turns south, then southwest to exit Arizona on the California border adjacent Yuma. The Gila River drainage of Arizona. The Salt River(at Phoenix)-Verde River co-join as one major northern tributary, part of the drainage for the central and western Mogollon Rim.
The resort was used by the United States military as a rehabilitation center from 1943 to 1944 to treat injured veterans of World War II. Future president John F. Kennedy spent three months at the resort during this period to recover from his wounds suffered during the sinking of his ship, PT-109 .