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"More Valuable than Oil" The Establishment and Development of Tinker Air Force Base, 1940-1949 (open access)

"More Valuable than Oil" The Establishment and Development of Tinker Air Force Base, 1940-1949

Article describes the efforts of the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce to obtain an air depot and the eventual construction of Tinker Air Force Base. James L. Crowder, Jr. focuses on the details behind the developments and the way the air base prepared U.S. army recruits for the war effort.
Date: Autumn 1992
Creator: Crowder, James L., Jr.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History