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Title
Tennessee
National
Guard
,
1950
Corporate name
Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority--History--Sources
Tennessee. National Guard
Topical entry
Airports--Tennessee--Nashville--History
Buildings--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry
Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Nashville (Tenn.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Nashville (Tenn.)--Social life and customs
Nashville and Davidson County (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Description
A
photograph
of the
Tennessee
National
Guard
building
and
truck
at
Nashville
Municipal
Airport
with
signage
saying
“Join
the
new
Tennessee
National
Guard
,
Earn
,
Learn
,
Serve.”
The
National
Guard
continued
to be
based
at the
Nashville
Airport
after
World
War
II
, the
Tennessee
National
Guard’s
105th
Observation
Squadron
,
which
flew
missions
including
reconnaissance
and
fighter-interceptor
operations
during
the
1930s
and
1940s
,
continued
these
operations
during
the
1950s
. In
1961
, the
105th
became
the
flying
squadron
of the
118th
Air
Transport
Wing
.
Nashville's
airport
officially
opened
in
1937
as
Berry
Field
, in
honor
of
Colonel
Harry
S
.
Berry
, the
state
administrator
of the
Works
Progress
Administrator
, or
WPA
.
Berry
Field
became
the
military
base
for the
4th
Ferrying
Command
during
World
War
II
and was
returned
to the
city
when
the
war
ended
. The
airport’s
name
was
officially
changed
to
Nashville
International
Airport
in
1988
, but the
original
three-letters
BNA
,
which
stands
for
Berry
Field
Nashville
,
remains
.
Forms
part
of
Record
Group
3
,
Metro
Davidson
County
Photographer
.
1
photograph
negative
:
b
&
w
;
3
x
4
in.
Publisher
Metropolitan
Nashville/Davidson
County
Archives
,
Nashville
Public
Library
Date
1950
Type
Still
Image
;
Negatives
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
RG 3 40 Airport001
Relation
Record
Group
3
Metro
Davidson
County
Photographer
Coverage
1950-1959
Rights
U.S
. and
international
copyright
laws
protect
this
digital
content
,
which
is
provided
for
educational
purposes
only
and
may
not be
downloaded
,
reproduced
, or
distributed
for any
other
purpose
without
written
permission
.
Please
contact
the
Metro
Archives
,
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
.
Telephone
(615)
862-5880
.
Location
Closed Stacks-RG 3 40 Airport001
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