Alliance Air Base dedication, 1943

ID: 46 ~ Source: Nebraska State Historical Society ~ Date: 1943
This file appears in: The Alliance Army Air Field
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Universal Newsreel showing the dedication of the new Army Air Base in Alliance, Nebraska, in August 1943, featuring a paratrooper show.

This file appears in: The Alliance Army Air Field

By The Explore Nebraska History team
In the spring of 1942 the U.S. Army selected a site one mile south of here for an airfield. The dry climate and open landscape afforded ideal flying conditions. Ample water, cheap land, and Alliance's new power plant, new hospital, and railroad…