Vintage Pre WWII Hickam Highlights Newspaper Nov 8, 1940 Hickam AF Base

Description: Up for bid is an original vintage pre-owned Pre WWII Hickam Highlights Newspaper Nov 8, 1940 Hickam AF Base, Hawaii. Found at a family estate sale. This is a Vol. III Hickam Field T.H. Friday, Nov 8, 1940, No 11. A weekly newspaper covering news and events on Hickam Field, Army Air Corps. This issue highlighted the 1918 Armistice. Also cover Cinema, Chaplains Notes, Book reviews, News around the Post, Club Notes, Comics, Military Cartoons, Squadron News, Sports, Poets Corner, Want Ads and much more. A 27 page softcover booklet type. Measures about 10 ½” by 8”. Cover has general wear from use and spine has been taped to keep it together. Back cover has some wear and some tears and missing pieces along the edges. A great piece of history. History: Hickam Field starting in 1934, when the US Army Air Corps realized it needed expanded facilities for increased air traffic in the Hawaiian Islands. 2,225 acres were purchased and construction began in 1935; the field was named for recently deceased Colonel Horace Meek Hickam. The field opened for operations in September 1938. Hickam was the main Army Airfield in the Hawaiian Islands. The airfield was a primary target of the Pearl Harbor attack in December 1941, with extensive casualties and fatalities, and considerable aircraft losses and property damage. Rapid repair and recovery followed, and Hickam quickly became a main hub for Army Air Force operations, serving as a training center and aircraft assembly point. Hickam Air Field earned the official nickname "America's Bridge Across the Pacific" for its central role in heavy airlift of personnel and materiel in World War Two, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Hickam was renamed Hickam Air Force Base in 1948, and continued to play a central role in US Pacific air operations through the Cold War, mainly in airlift mission, and was a support base for returning Apollo astronauts in the Space Age, as well as Operation Homecoming. Base and force reorganization in the 2000s led to Hickam being joined to Navy Base Pearl Harbor in 2010. It remains a central strategic air mobility and operations facility for the US in the Pacific. In 2010 Pearl Harbor was joined with Hickam Air Force Base to form Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, as part of base realignment and closure budget cuts. Please see pictures for more condition details or e-mail with any questions. Thank you for looking. Happy bidding!!! Items condition: Please take a moment to enlarge & view all the detailed photos, as they are the true description for the condition of this item and override any written description above. I'm selling mostly used items purchased at Estate Sales. 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Price: 21.99 USD

Location: San Antonio, Texas

End Time: 2025-01-13T13:34:13.000Z

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