Gunnery School Socks
Description: A monochrome depiction features a cheerful dragon perched on clouds. Above, the text "AIR CORPS" arcs across the top. To the left of the dragon are the words "LAS VEGAS" and to the right, "NEVADA." Below the dragon and clouds, "GUNNERY SCHOOL" is displayed in bold, capitalized letters.
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Description: Mod.2 Air Forces Corps Gunnery School Las Vegas Nevada Airborne Special Operations Army USAF Camista T-Shirt camiseta, T-shirt, Air Forces, Corps, Gunnery, School, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, Air force, Marine, airborne, operaciones, especiales, camiseta, soldado, soldier, militar, military, army, fuerzas, aereas, usaf
Description: In October 1940, Maj. David Schlatter, of the U.S. Army Air Corps, surveyed several areas in Utah, Arizona and Nevada looking for a site to locate the first flexible aerial gunnery school. He was particularly interested in Nevada since about 90 percent of the area north, northwest and northeast of Las Vegas was desert wasteland. On Jan. 25, 1941, Las Vegas Mayor John L. Russell signed over the property to the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps for the development of the flexible gunnery school. The mission of the new school, the Las Vegas Army Air Corps Gunnery School (located on the new Las Vegas Army Air Field), was defined as "training of aerial gunners to the degree of proficiency that will qualify them for combat duty."
Description: The Army Air Corps were looking for a perfect location for a training base since the ’30s and ultimately found it in Las Vegas, Nevada. The initial base was nothing but a dirt runaway, but after a complete buildup, the base was officially opened in 1941 when the first unit – the 79th Air Base Group – arrived there. The base population doubled within a month, representing a fulminating start. By the time of the attacks over Pearl Harbor, the base hosted not more than 27 planes. Almost 1000 troops – both co-pilots and gunnery experts – graduated from the base at every 5 weeks.
