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During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in Ohio for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers. Most of these airfields were under the command of First Air Force or the Army Air Forces Training Command (AAFTC). However the other USAAF support commands (Air Technical Service ...
The world record white-tailed deer was stuck under the fence to the Ravenna Arsenal in 1940. The site can be seen in Marvel's 2014 film Captain America: The Winter Soldier. The Ravenna Arsenal is mentioned in author John Birmingham's novel "World War 3.1," part of his Axis of Time series of science fiction novels.
Ohio Camp Millard; Erie Proving Ground; Fort Hayes; Oklahoma Fort Arbuckle (1832-1834, Tulsa County) Fort Arbuckle (1852-1870, Garvin County) Camp Nichols; Fort Arbuckle; Fort Cobb; Fort Davis; Fort Gibson; Fort McCulloch; Fort Reno; Fort Supply; Fort Towson; Fort Washita; Fort Wayne; Oregon Camp Abbott; Camp Adair; Camp Sherman; Fort Stevens ...
Italian prisoners of war working on the Arizona Canal (December 1943) In the United States at the end of World War II, there were prisoner-of-war camps, including 175 Branch Camps serving 511 Area Camps containing over 425,000 prisoners of war (mostly German). The camps were located all over the US, but were mostly in the South, due to the higher expense of heating the barracks in colder areas ...
Fort Hayes was a military post in Columbus, Ohio, United States.Created by an act of the United States Congress on July 11, 1862, the site was also known as the Columbus Arsenal until 1922, when the site was renamed after former Ohio Governor and later 19th U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes. [2]
1940 in Ohio (4 C, 2 P) 1941 in Ohio (4 C) 1942 in Ohio ... Pages in category "1940s in Ohio" ... Ohio World War II Army Airfields
Map of former Scioto Ordnance Plant Scioto Ordnance Plant property line on 1973 air photo. The Scioto Ordnance Plant (SOP) was a munitions and incendiary bomb-making facility built in Marion County, Ohio, by the United States Army in 1942, and operated under lease by United States Rubber Company – most recently known as Uniroyal. The plant ...
As the year 1939 brought yet another world war, the Ohio Guard found itself in a moderate state of readiness and under the leadership of Major General Robert S. Beightler. When President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared a state of emergency and brought the National Guard under federal control in October 1940, the Buckeye Division was among their ...