00175857
2410-36A
UNCLASSIFIED
2429930
10-27-1940
2431212
05-01-1944
MORRISON FIELD FL
HISTORY
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OPERATIONS OF AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND AT MORRISON FIELD BEGAN 19 JAN 42. MISSION OF FIELD WAS PROCESSING OF AIRCRAFT AND PERSONNEL FOR OVERSEAS THEATER. WORK ON FIELD BEGAN 25 NOV 40. FIELD OFFICIALLY ACCEPTED AND ASSIGNED TO 3 AIR FORCE 27 FEB 41 WHEN LT COL JOHN W. MONAHAN ASSUMED COMMAND. MORRISON FIELD INVOLVED IN PROJECT X, FERRYING MISSION TO ASSIST PERSONNEL IN PHILIPPINES SHORTLY AFTER PEARL HARBOR. FIELD TRANSFERRED TO FERRYING COMMAND ON 19 JAN 42 WITH COL PAUL E. BURROWS ASSUMING COMMAND OF STATION. JUL 42 CARIBBEAN WING OF AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND ORGANIZED AND HEADQUARTERED AT MORRISON FIELD. 15 FERRYING GROUP HEADQUARTERS TRANSFERRED TO FIELD SEP 42. COL W. L. PLUMMER APPOINTED COMMANDING OFFICER OF FIELD 6 AUG 42 AND WAS SUCCEEDED BY COL NEAL B. HARDING ON 17 AUG 42. COL HARDING SUCCEEDED BY COL KARL TRUESDELL, JR. AS BASE COMMANDER ON 19 MAR 43. COL RICHARD T. KIGHT ASSUMED COMMAND OF FIELD 17 FEB 44.
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