Most People Have Never Seen These 10 Photos Taken During WWII In Oklahoma
By Ashley|Published March 31, 2016
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Ashley has lived in Oklahoma for 25 years and is the Oklahoma staff writer for onlyinyourstate.com. When she isn't exploring Oklahoma, she enjoys visiting the beaches of California.
When Germany invaded Poland in 1939, Oklahoma was still entangled in economic depression. During the next six years federal dollars poured into the state for several airfields, the training of pilots and aircrews, and major maintenance and supply centers. In Oklahoma, at least 32 POW camps for approximately twenty thousand Germans were established. Here are 10 rare photos taken during WWII in Oklahoma:
1. Graduates of the Contract Flight School at Cimarron Field, Oklahoma, 1944.
5. With their guns and auxiliary equipment slung on the backs of army mules, these trainees break through thick forests, ford streams, and scale mountain ranges at Fort Sill Field Artillery Replacement Training Center, Oklahoma, 1942.
7. Two members of the Marine Corps Women's Reserve in training at the Naval Air Technical Training Center, Norman, Oklahoma. They are unfolding the wing section to flight position during a day's work at the school, 1943.
8. These men are trying to get their car to move through the dust accumulated on the road from wind erosion. The photo was taken about 8 miles southwest of Felt, Oklahoma, 1939.
Thank you to all the men and women who fought in the war to make our country a safer place. If you have any photos of WWII that you would like to share, please post them on our Only In Oklahoma Facebook page.
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