The Snapshots in Time Collection

Printed History of Marine Corps Base Quantico, Pages 4-5 (Founding, Aviation Origins, and Early Development)

Printed History of Marine Corps Base Quantico, Pages 4-5 (Founding, Aviation Origins, and Early Development)

A page from a printed history of Marine Corps Base Quantico, describing the base's 1918 founding, the earliest days of Marine Corps aviation there, and the naming of Brown and Turner Fields in honor of Marine aviators who died in the line of duty. Such unit histories were often kept by veterans as personal mementos of their service. Project: 218143