Taking Flight

ID: 1134 ~ Source: Wikimedia Commons ~ Creator: United States Army Air Forces
 ~ Date: 10 October 1943
This file appears in: Staged for Deployment
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 Oblique photo of Topeka Army Airfield, Kansas, 10 October 1943. ID: Roads join in an "x" shape within a square in a rural area, among farm fields. 

This file appears in: Staged for Deployment

By Melvin Price
"After we finished this long flight of 3,000 miles, we were sent to Topeka, Kansas. Topeka had an airfield, and it served as a staging area. There, we were equipped with all of our overseas gear. We still didn't know our final destination. They…