Forgotten Fields of America: World War II Bases and Training Then and Now: Volume II

Missoula, MT: Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, 2004 Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, Missoula, MT. 2004. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Stated 3rd Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding.172 pp 4to. This book tells the story of the build-up of the United States Army Air Forces just before and during World War II. Its focus is on the training bases, the men and women who served there, and what they did. This book tells in text and photos the histories of the following bases; Freeman Field, Moton Field, Carlstrom Field, Buckingham Army Air Field, San Angelo Army Air Field, Hondo Army Air Field, Wendover Army Air Base, Walnut Ridge Army Air Field, Pyote Army Air Field, Pratt Army Air Field, Craig Field, and Sioux City Army Air Field, Each base had a different training mission; Luftwaffe planes, Tuskegee Airmen, Gunnery Training, Bombadier Training, Navigator Training, Atom Bombs, Pilot Training, Advanced Training, and Combat Crew Training, . A clean very presentable copy.