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D22160-8
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- 1946-05-08 (Creation)
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Manuel Acuna Roxas, Philippines President-elect, and U.S. High Commissioner Paul McNutt chat with Col. A.S. Strickland, commander of McChord Field, where the C-54 Army transport airplane from Manila to Washington, D.C., had stopped to fuel. Tacoma was the midway point of a trip that had originated in Manila, continued on to Tokyo, and then the Aleutians before arriving at McChord Field. The Philippines President-elect was en route to confer with President Truman regarding an offer of military bases and support in the newly independent country. Mr. Roxas and Mr. McNutt spent an hour at the McChord Field Officers Club enjoying coffee with their Air Force hosts before departing at approximately 9:30 a.m. (TNT 5-9-46, p. 1) ALBUM 3. TPL-10373
Visits of state--Tacoma; Roxas, Manuel Acuna, 1892-1948; McNutt, Paul V.; Strickland, A.S.; Transport planes--Tacoma--1940-1950;