San Antonio in the Great War / John M. Manguso.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Manguso, John., Author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--Aerial operations, American--Pictorial works.

World War, 1914-1918.

World War, 1914-1918--Texas--San Antonio--Pictorial works.

Camp Travis (Tex.)--Pictorial works.

Camp Travis (Tex.).

Fort Sam Houston (Tex.)--Pictorial works.

Fort Sam Houston (Tex.).

Kelly Field (Tex.)--Pictorial works.

Kelly Field (Tex.).

San Antonio (Tex.)--Buildings, structures, etc--Pictorial works.

San Antonio (Tex.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Publishing, [2014]

Summary:

San Antonio, Texas, has been called "Military City USA" for many years. It earned this sobriquet not only by virtue of its major military installations but also because of its close and cordial relationship with the US Armed Forces. But in 1916, the year before America entered the Great War, all of that was still in the future. Fort Sam Houston was the largest US Army post in the country, but its attention was focused on the border with Mexico. This changed on April 6, 1917, as the United States needed to quickly raise an expeditionary army of three million men with its attendant air service and send it overseas. This volume portrays the growth of military facilities and infrastructure in San Antonio during World War I that started the Alamo City on the road to becoming "Military City USA."

Contents:

"One of the heavens"

San Antonio's Army post

"The mother of armies"

"Where America's eagles hatch"

America's foremost Air Service Flying School

"Hell's Fire and Fuzzie-O"

"When Johnnie came marching home"

Where are they now?

OCLC:

900734032