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D7154-1
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- 1938-03-30 (Creation)
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The Pierce County airport became a thing of the past as on March 30, 1938, county officials signed a deed conveying the title of Tacoma Field, 900 acres of land with buildings, to the War Department to be used as part of a giant airbase. The airbase would soon be known as McChord Field. John Schlarb, seated left, Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, turned over the deed to County Auditor S. Clifford Davis, 2nd from left, to be recorded. Interested spectators included, left to right, Col. Frank W. Wright, commander of the new airbase; Davis; Commissioner Guy Melton; Frank J. Walsh, industrial engineer of the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce; and Wilbur Raleigh. Seated on the right is County Commissioner AA Rankin. Tacoma lost its air mail and passenger terminal and efforts were made to lease the Mueller-Hawkins Field.
Tacoma Field (Lakewood); McChord Field (Tacoma); Schlarb, John; Davis, S. Clifford; Melton, Guy; Walsh, Frank J.; Rankin, A.A.;