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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Mather Field

Mather Field

Scott, James C.
Tolley, Tom

Paperback

Series: Images of America

Air CombatArmed ForcesRegional: West

Publisher Price: $24.99

ISBN10: 0738588776
ISBN13: 9780738588773
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published: Jan 9 2012
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.40 Width: 6.40 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
Born from America's need to train aviators for the Great War, Mather Field has sat sentinel to the east of Sacramento for nearly a century. Overnight, the base transformed a lonely domain of cattle and vineyards into an aerie where fledgling man-birds were taught to fly and kill. Although readapted during the interwar period to concerns of fire control and mail delivery, Mather still inspired, as evidenced by the 1930 Air Corps maneuvers. World War II renewed Mather, as training bomber crews and repatriating veterans of the Pacific war were primary responsibilities for what was becoming a self-sustaining city of churches, schools, and burgeoning neighborhoods.

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