Mid-air Pranks

ID: 2127 ~ Source: Sendon, Mary Kemendo, interviewed by Lois E. Myers, January 20, 1994, in Waco, Texas, Baylor University Institute of Oral History. View Full Interview (Interview 6)
This file appears in: Rich Field Army Air Base

Local Wacoan Mary Sendon tells the story of when the Rich Field cadets played a prank on the spectators that often gathered to watch the aerial maneuvers

This file appears in: Rich Field Army Air Base

By Anabel Burke
In the midst of war, some towns stay far removed from the action. For Waco in 1917, this was far from the case. Engineers and workers broke ground for Camp MacArthur training base in July, famously taking up over 10,700 acres of the small Texas…