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Population takes off with a new air base / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [719] [WAYITWAS-2007-719]
Well into the 20th century, Vacaville, Fairfield, and Suisun remained small communities with slow-growing populations. By 1940, Fairfield had 1,312 residents. That growth pattern changed suddenly when construction of the Fairfield-Suisun Army Airfield began in 1942. Hundreds of workers flooded into the community to construct the new base - and every one of them needed a place to stay.
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Air base doubles Solano's Population / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [729] [WAYITWAS-2007-729]
The mid 1940's saw an unprecedented population growth in the Vacaville and Fairfield areas, due to the incoming personel for the new Fairfield-Suisun air base. For several years, both cities struggled to accommodate their new residents. Federal Housing Public Authority projects such as Waterman Park in Fairfield and Vaca Valley Acres in Vacaville were built quickly.
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Population lifted off after airfield built / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [728] [WAYITWAS-2007-728]
Construction of the Fairfield-Suisun Army Airfield in 1943 brought a large number of new residents to the local communities, doubling population overnight. Calls went out for rentals and vacant rooms with only minimal results. With the base scheduled to open soon, personnel stationed there would bring their families as well.
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Army airfield construction fuels housing plans / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [723] [WAYITWAS-2007-723]
Local cities today struggle to accommodate population increases. Vacaville, Fairfield and Suisun faced similar challenges in the later years of World War II, when construction of the new Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Field brought hundreds of new residents.
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Construction took off in building an Army airfield / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [734] [WAYITWAS-2007-734]
My recent columns on the wartime housing boom in response to the incoming personnel for the Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Field led me to look a bit closer at the early years of Travis Air Force Base.
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Fairfield awakens from sleepy town status in 1942 / Dingler, Nancy [476] [RETROSPECT-2002-476]
The eventful year of 1942 affected everyone in the world, including the quiet little hamlet of Fairfield. The Army Airfield (Later named Travis Air Force Base) was under full construction and use. Permit applications for new apartment construction for the expanding population was granted.
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Looking back on the birth of the Air Force / Dingler, Nancy [732] [RETROSPECT-2007-732]
In 1942, Fairfield was a sleepy agricultural dot on the landscape. Ragsdale airfield, as it first was known, was originally planned to be temporary. However, the mission changed as things do in wartime and the airfield became the Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Base.
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Solano's base grows up quickly during war / Delaplane, Kristin [220] [ECHOS-1995-220]
This is the second of two parts on the beginnings of Travis Air Force Base, one of America's largest military bases. Information for this article came from Travis Air Force Base library, The Reporter and Tailwind newspaper.
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Air Base originally meant to house bombers / Delaplane, Kristin [219] [ECHOS-1995-219]
This is the first of two columns on the beginnings of one of the largest U.S. military bases. The information comes from the Travis Air Force Base library, The Reporter and Tailwind newspapers.
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Waterman Park provided answer to wartime housing / Dingler, Nancy [486] [RETROSPECT-2003-486]
Shortly after the beginning of World War II, the Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Field was created. With it came construction workers who were housed in hastily erected "tar paper" barracks. As the war progressed, the mission of the airfield changed from reconnaissance to flying troops and supplies to the "Pacific theater" in our war against the Japanese.
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