Walker Army Airfield (Kan.)
Biography
Walker Army Airfield was a World War II-era United States Army Air Forces base located near Walker, in Ellis County, Kansas. Built in 1942, it served as a major training and operations center for heavy bomber crews, primarily those flying the Boeing B-29 Superfortress and Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. Though deactivated in 1946, remnants of the airfield remain visible today.
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Ormond Bobo Collection
The Ormond Bobo Collection contains various materials related to Bobo’s service as a mess sergeant in the Pacific and at army bases in the United States during World War II, including documents, photographs, guidebooks, and manuals. The collection also contains photographs of Haggar Clothing Company factory workers, including Ormond Bobo’s wife, Mary Doyle Bobo, as well as personal letters, wedding photographs, and greeting cards belonging to the Bobo family.