A page from a printed history of Marine Barracks Quantico, Virginia, describing the base's founding in 1918 and the earliest days of Marine Corps aviation, when kite balloons and R-6 seaplanes were used to spot artillery fire. The document also honors Second Lieutenant Walter V. Brown and Colonel Thomas C. Turner, Marine aviators for whom Quantico's airfields were named after they lost their lives in service. Project: 218163