Camp Cooke And Vandenberg Air Force Base 1941 1966

Author : Jeffrey E. Geiger
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476614243

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Camp Cooke and Vandenberg Air Force Base, 1941-1966 by Jeffrey E. Geiger Pdf

During World War II, hundreds of military training installations were built throughout the United States to prepare servicemen for the rigors of overseas combat. One such installation was Camp Cooke in California, which since 1957 has become an internationally recognized missile and rocket base renamed Vandenberg Air Force Base. This book examines the history of the camp, starting with its construction. Established some 150 miles north of Los Angeles, Cooke was designed for armored divisions, but by the end of the war hundreds of other specialized organizations trained there. It supported many USO clubs and attracted some of Hollywood's leading entertainers as well as many from radio and stage. With the outbreak of the Korean War, Cooke supported Army National Guard and reserve units. Its large hospital cared for war evacuees and Army medical cases from other parts of the globe. When it became an Air Force base, America's first spy satellite program was conducted from there. The intelligence data collected from these missions exploded the myth of a "missile gap" with the Soviet Union. At the height of the Cold War, America's first ICBM missile equipped with a nuclear warhead was based at Vandenberg.

Author : Jeffrey E. Geiger
Publisher : Sunbury Press, Inc.
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781620067505

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German Prisoners of War at Camp Cooke, California by Jeffrey E. Geiger Pdf

In 1943, the first great wave of Hitler’s soldier’s came to America, not as goose-stepping conquering heroes, but as prisoners of war. By the time World War II ended in 1945, more than six hundred German POW camps had sprung up across America holding a total of 371,683 POWs. One of these camps was established at the U.S. Army’s training installation Camp Cooke on June 16, 1944. The POW base camp at Cooke operated sixteen branch camps in six of California’s fifty-eight counties and is today the site of Vandenberg Air Force Base in Santa Barbara County. Compared to other prisoner of war camps in California, Camp Cooke generally held the largest number of German POWs and operated the most branch camps in the state. A large number of the prisoners were from Field Marshal Erwin Rommel’s Afrika Korps, as well as from other military formations. Under the terms of the Geneva Convention, the prisoners received comfortable quarters and excellent care. They filled critical wartime labor shortages inside the main Army post at Cooke and in the outlying civilian communities, performing agricultural work for which they were paid. On weekends and evenings, they enjoyed many recreational entertainment and educational opportunities available to them in the camp. For many POWs, the American experience helped reshape their worldview and gave them a profound appreciation of American democracy. This book follows the military experiences of fourteen German soldiers who were captured during the campaigns in North Africa and Europe and then sat out the remainder of the war as POWs in California. It is a firsthand account of life as a POW at Camp Cooke and the lasting impression it had on the prisoners.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : UGA:32108056935508

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Air Force Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : John Bisney,J. L. Pickering
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780826358097

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The Space-age Presidency of John F. Kennedy by John Bisney,J. L. Pickering Pdf

"In this engaging and inspiring work, John Bisney and J.L. Pickering have written and illustrated a thorough history of John F. Kennedy's role in developing the United States' space program. Ironically, despite his close association with the race to space, Kennedy initially thought the space program was too expensive and did not support a manned space flight until the Russians sent Yuri Gagarin into orbit just a few months after Kennedy's inauguration. Now, a century after Kennedy's birth, the United States has reached the moon, sent probes into deep space, and had its astronauts spend extended time in space, all of which are a legacy of Kennedy's presidency, Surprising, though, there hasn't been a photographic history of Kennedy's involvement in the space race despite the visual glamour associated with the space race and Kennedy's presidency until this engaging book by two widely respected chroniclers of the race to space"--

Author : Piu Eatwell
Publisher : Liveright Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-10
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781631492273

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Black Dahlia, Red Rose: The Crime, Corruption, and Cover-Up of America's Greatest Unsolved Murder by Piu Eatwell Pdf

“[A] juicy page turner . . . capturing both the allure and the perils of the dream factory that promised riches and fame.”—New York Times Book Review The gruesome 1947 murder of hopeful starlet Elizabeth Short holds a permanent place in American lore as one of our most inscrutable true-crime mysteries. In a groundbreaking feat of detection hailed as “extensive” and “convincing” (Bustle), skilled legal sleuth Piu Eatwell cracks the case after seventy years, rescuing Short from tabloid fodder to reveal the woman behind the headlines. Drawing on recently unredacted FBI and LAPD files and exclusive interviews, Black Dahlia, Red Rose is a gripping panorama of noir-tinged 1940s Hollywood and a definitive account of one of the biggest unsolved murders of American legal history.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556031862360

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Proposed United States Penitentiary, Lompoc by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 844 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Canada
ISBN : UVA:X006011399

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America, History and Life by Anonim Pdf

Author : William R. Evinger
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1998-06-30
Category : Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105023044188

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Directory of U.S. Military Bases Worldwide by William R. Evinger Pdf

This newly revised edition contains complete information on military bases in the U.S. and around the world. It features in-depth profiles of over 1,000 bases and installations including the number of active duty and civilian personnel, payroll and contract expenditures, units, housing, services, and history of the installation. New to this edition are e-mail addresses and Web sites for military bases worldwide. Information is also provided about bases that have closed or that are scheduled to be closed.

Author : Maurer Maurer
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : United States
ISBN : 9781428915855

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Air Force Combat Units of World War II by Maurer Maurer Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : United States
ISBN : IND:30000009949516

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The American Legion by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 986 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Electronic
ISBN : WISC:89066033077

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The American Legion Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Air Force Historical Foundation. Symposium
Publisher : Department of the Air Force
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1998-09-02
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015043189144

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The U.S. Air Force in Space, 1945 to the Twenty-First Century: Proceedings by Air Force Historical Foundation. Symposium Pdf

Contains papers presented at the Air Force Historical Foundation Symposium, held at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, on September 21-22, 1995. Topics addressed are: Pt. 1, The Formative Years, 1945-1961; Pt. 2, Mission Development and Exploitation Since 1961; and Pt. 3, Military Space Today and Tomorrow. Includes notes, abbreviations & acronyms, an index, and photographs.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Parks
ISBN : UOM:39015082319206

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News and Views by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : United States
ISBN : UCAL:B3481031

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Outstanding Young Men of America by Anonim Pdf

Author : Mark R. Grandstaff
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0160490413

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Foundation of the Force by Mark R. Grandstaff Pdf

A study of how Air Force enlisted personnel helped shape the fi%ture Air Force and foster professionalism among noncommissioned officers in the 195Os.