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  2. Harlingen Air Force Base - Wikipedia

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    Col John R. Morgan was the first commanding officer of the Harlingen Aerial Gunnery School, arriving in August 1941; he was to hold that appointment through World War II. On June 30, 1941 a contract was let for Morgan and Zachary, El Paso and Laredo builders, to start the military airfield construction. [ 1 ]

  3. Texas World War II Army airfields - Wikipedia

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    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. [1]

  4. 79th Flying Training Wing (U.S. Army Air Forces) - Wikipedia

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    It was last assigned to the Eastern Flying Training Command, and was disbanded on 16 June 1946 at Midland Army Airfield, Texas. It has no lineage link with the United States Air Force 79th Medical Wing , established on 13 January 1942 as the 79th Pursuit Group (Interceptor) at Dale Mabry Army Airfield , Florida.

  5. National Aviation Education Center - Wikipedia

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    The museum opened in its first building in Mercedes, Texas, in 1965 as a location to house and display World War II artifacts as they began to be donated to the Commemorative Air Force (CAF), then known as the Confederate Air Force. [2] In 1968, both the CAF and AAHM moved to Harlingen, Texas. [3]

  6. List of World War II battles - Wikipedia

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    The major battle of Operation Market Garden; Allies reach but fail to cross the Rhine; British First Airborne Division destroyed. • Battle of Peleliu: A fight to capture an airstrip on a speck of coral in the western Pacific. • Battle of Aachen: Aachen was the first major German city to face invasion during World War II. • Battle of the ...

  7. Commemorative Air Force - Wikipedia

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    By 1963, the group had achieved their initial goal of acquiring one of each fighter plane operated by U.S. forces during World War II. [6] They held their first airshow on March 10, 1963. [8] The CAF added the B-29 FIFI in the 1970s. In 1965, the first museum building was completed at old Rebel Field, Mercedes, Texas.

  8. Harlingen veterans to build monument honoring Vietnam soldiers

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    Now, a veterans group is planning to build a 6 1/2-foot-high black granite monument dedicated to the 23 Harlingen soldiers killed during the war from 1961 to 1975. As part of the project, city ...

  9. Lost Battalion (Europe, World War II) - Wikipedia

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    In five days of battle, from 26 to 30 October 1944, the 442nd broke through German defenses and rescued 211 men. [3] The 442nd suffered over 800 casualties. [4] Company I went in with 185 men; 8 came out unhurt. Company K engaged the enemy with 186 men; 169 were wounded or killed.