Harlingen Air Force Base [Cover]

Object/Artifact

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The Lew Anvil Collection

Name/Title

Harlingen Air Force Base [Cover]

Description

Military Post Mailing Cover - Double Cancel: the “Last Day” of the Army Gunnery School Post Office on June 30, 1940 and the “First Day” of the Air Field Post Office on July 1, 1940.

Context

The field began operations as a gunnery school specializing in training for high and low aerial gunnery and in B-24 transition training on August 3, 1942.