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Rattlesnake Bomber Base: Pyote Army Airfield in World War II.(Book review)
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Air Power History
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June 22, 2008
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- Mason, Joseph L.
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2008 Air Force Historical Foundation. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Rattlesnake Bomber Base: Pyote Army Airfield in World War H. By Thomas E. Alexander. Abilene, Tex.: State House Press, 2005. Maps. Photographs. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Pp. 216. $18.95 paperback ISBN: 1-880510-90-1
Thomas Alexander's book describes one of the many bases the Army Air Forces opened to train pilots for the Second World War, only to close in the immediate years following the Japanese surrender. In 1942, surviving members of the 19th Bombardment Group, veterans of fighting in the Philippines and southwest Pacific, arrived at Pyote Army Airfield to conduct B-17 (and later B-29) combat crew training. Construction workers carved the base out of the caliche soil ...
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Rattlesnake Bomber Base: Pyote Army Airfield in World War II.(Brief...
Reviewer's Bookwatch;
June 1, 2005 ;
Carson, Michael J.;
197 words
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The Northern Echo;
August 2, 2007 ;
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Rattlesnake Bomber Base: Pyote Army Airfield in World War II
The Journal of Southern History;
August 1, 2006 ;
Koontz, Christopher;
477 words
......in Texas during World War II, focuses his...1945. Rattlesnake Bomber Base: Pyote Army Airfield in World War Il argues that Pyote...during and after World War II and ends with...research. Rattlesnake Bomber Base presents a micro-historic...
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Rattlesnake Bomber Base: Pyote Army Airfield in World War II.(Book review)
Journal of Southern History;
August 1, 2006 ;
Koontz, Christopher;
473 words
......in Texas during World War II, focuses his...1945. Rattlesnake Bomber Base: Pyote Army Airfield in World War H argues that Pyote...during and after World War II and ends with...research. Rattlesnake Bomber Base presents a micro-historic...
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Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;
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Infield, Tom;
787 words
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Brit Hume;
787 words
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Hunt, Judi;
725 words
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534 words
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Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);
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787 words
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Inter Press Service English News Wire;
July 21, 2006 ;
Analysis by Bill Berkowitz*;
787 words
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State's veterans chip in for World War II memorial
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;
August 13, 2000 ;
JULIET WILLIAMS;
458 words
...State's veterans chip in for World War II memorial Even those who fought in...13, 2000 A national monument honoring World War II veterans has the financial and emotional...Tradewell, a Vietnam veteran. "It was time (World War II veterans) had their place to go...
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Few, but not forgotten; Surviving WWI vet belongs to dwindling, elite rank...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);
November 11, 1998 ;
Baca, Maria Elena;
787 words
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