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    • Chinese students at Thunderbird #1

    • Chinese students at Thunderbird #1

    • Unknown

    • Arizona -- History -- 1912-1950; Airports -- Arizona; Airplanes -- Military; World War, 1939-1945 -- History

    • Homer Clark pictured at far right briefing his ground of Chinese students at Thunderbird #1 on December 23, 1942. The Southwest Airways operations were the only flight schools in the United States to have Chinese primary trainees.
    • Flight instructors and cadets at Williams Airport

    • Flight instructors and cadets at Williams Airport

    • Buell Maddux

    • Arizona -- History -- 1912-1950; Airports -- Arizona; Airplanes -- Military; World War, 1939-1945 -- History

    • The first Civilian Pilot Training (CPT) class at Williams, Arizona in the fall of 1942. Instructors pictured in this photograph are Louise Brown, Buell Maddux, James Vercellino, and Rue Marshall.
    • CPT class portrait at Wickersham Field

    • CPT class portrait at Wickersham Field

    • Lola Mayse

    • Arizona -- History -- 1912-1950; Airports -- Arizona; Airplanes -- Military; World War, 1939-1945 -- History

    • Charlie and Lola Mayse to far right with the first CPT class at Wickersham Field in Safford. At far left is Ruth Nelson, Assistant Clearance Officer to Lola who was Chief Clearance Officer. Another unidentified instructor in kneeling in the front...
    • CPT class at Smiley Field

    • CPT class at Smiley Field

    • Madaline Spain

    • Arizona -- History -- 1912-1950; Airports -- Arizona; Airplanes -- Military; World War, 1939-1945 -- History

    • CPT class at Smiley Field in Wellton, Arizona. The cadets had barracks and a mess hall at the field and were now enlisted reservists. Between primary and secondary training, there were about sixty cadets in all.
    • Flight line at Clemenceau

    • Flight line at Clemenceau

    • Buell Maddux

    • Arizona -- History -- 1912-1950; Airports -- Arizona; Airplanes -- Military; World War, 1939-1945 -- History

    • Line up of Interstate CPT aircraft at Clemenceau in 1943. In December 1943 the Interstates were replaced by N #Ns and the program was then a Navy V5 which combined both Primary and Secondary courses.
    • Williams Flying School hangars at Clemenceau

    • Williams Flying School hangars at Clemenceau

    • Marcus Rawlins

    • Arizona -- History -- 1912-1950; Airports -- Arizona; Airplanes -- Military; World War, 1939-1945 -- History

    • Williams Flying School at Clemenceau Airport just prior to the start of their WTS program in 1943. Doors were installed on the hangar to satisfy government requirements. All school aircraft had to be kept inside at night. The small building to...
    • PT-17s at Thunderbird #1

    • PT-17s at Thunderbird #1

    • John Swope

    • Arizona -- History -- 1912-1950; Airports -- Arizona; Airplanes -- Military; World War, 1939-1945 -- History

    • PT-17s in front of one of the hangars on a partly cloudy day at Thunderbird #1. The military pilot training school was located on what is the present day campus of the Thunderbird School of International Management in Glendale.
    • Lt. Barry Goldwater and officers at Luke Field

    • Lt. Barry Goldwater and officers at Luke Field

    • unknown

    • Arizona -- History -- 1912-1950; Airports -- Arizona; Airplanes -- Military; World War, 1939-1945 -- History

    • Lt. Barry Goldwater, second from left, and unidentified officers in front of an office building at the newly built Luke Army Air Field.
    • Kingman after the war

    • Kingman after the war

    • Unknown

    • Arizona -- History -- 1912-1950; Airports -- Arizona; Airplanes -- Military; World War, 1939-1945 -- History

    • Hundreds or aircraft in the dispersal area next to Kingman Army Air Base following World War II. Many B-17s and other bombers were flown directly from Asiatic bases to Kingman.
    • Wheeler Family History, Part 1

    • Wheeler Family History, Part 1

    • Terry Wheeler

    • Oral histories; Arizona History; Arizona History 19th century; Arizona History 20th Century; Gila County (Ariz.); Biography; Cattle--West (U.S.)--History; Ranching History of Gila County; Ranch managers--Arizona; U.S. Forest Service; Southern...

    • Terry Wheeler talks about the history of his great gandparents, Irish emigrants, who came to Arizona working on the railroad in the late 1800s. Terry's mother told him stories about Pancho Villa and of seeing Geronimo, captured and waiting for...
    • December 11

    • December 11

    • Buehman Studios

    • World War, 1939-1945--Arizona--Tucson

    • On this date in 1941, following the United States declaration of war on Japan after the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, Tucson businessmen and Davis Monthan officials met to plan wartime blackout arrangements for Tucson. Many buildings on the...
    • December 22

    • December 22

    • Buehman Studios

    • World War, 1939-1945--Arizona--Tucson

    • An electric air raid siren was installed on the Sabino Canyon Road estate of Tucsonan Florence Pond on this date in 1941. The estate can be seen in this undated photograph. Other sirens were located throughout the Tucson area at the Southern...
    • August 1

    • August 1

    • Buehman Studios

    • United States. Navy--History; University of Arizona--History; World War, 1939-1945--Arizona--Tucson

    • On this date in 1944 the University of Arizona regained possession of Old Main as the U.S. Navy's training program prepared to evacuate 26 classrooms. This undated photograph is identified as a group from the Naval R.O.T.C. program on the...
    • Japanese-American Internment Camps in Arizona

    • Japanese-American Internment Camps in Arizona

    • Japanese Americans --Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; World War, 1939-1945 -- United States; Arizona -- History -- 1912-1950;

    • 7th and 8th Grades

    • After being introduced to the events surrounding the internment of Japanese-Americans in a study entitled, "Prelude to World War II" students will be introduced to the reality of an internment camp in Poston, Arizona.
    • History of Arizona's 158th Infantry Combat Regiment: The Bushmasters

    • History of Arizona's 158th Infantry Combat Regiment: The Bushmasters

    • Cochran, Orville

    • World War, 1939-1945--Regimental Histories--United States; United States, Army. Infantry Regiment, 158th--History; Arizona--National Guard--History

    • Presentation to Prescott Corral of Westerner's by Orville Cochran, Post historian at Fort Huachuca, ""History of Arizona's 158th Infantry Combat Regiment: The Bushmasters"", July 5, 1968 Length: 1:18:26
    • Porter Family History, Part 1

    • Porter Family History, Part 1

    • Porter, David C.

    • Oral histories; Navajo County; Biography; Mail carriers; Masonic Lodge; Show Low (Ariz.); World War II, 1939-1945

    • Part 1: David C. Porter's grandfather Thomas Jefferson Porter represented the South in the Civil War, as he was from Tennessee. After the War, the Porters relocated on the Tularosa Creek, south of Quemado, in New Mexico where they dry-land farmed...

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