We're in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, today. Home of Eglin Air Force Base and Hulburt Field, the largest AFB in the free world. Elin Field was named after Lt. Col. Frederick I. Eglin (1891-1937). Hulburt Field is west of Fort Walton Beach and home of the US Air Commandos.
In 1942, the famed Doolittle's Raiders did part of their training using a short cross-field runway at the southern end of Hulburt Field. After all, they only had that short distance on the USS Hornet's carrier deck.
The Raiders also used parts of Eglin Field.
I'm looking forward to going to the Doolittle Raiders' 70th anniversary in Dayton, Ohio, in a few months.
The Greatest Generation. --GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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