The bittersweet end of 1917, war brings growth to Arcadia
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Lt. Victor Carlstrom
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DeSoto County men enlisted in WWI would have worn similar gear in their time with the U.S. Army.
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Cadet Stephen Dorr
Opened on Dec. 11, 1917, Carlstrom Fieldsoutheast of Arcadiawas named for Lt. Victor Carlstrom, an instructor who died training pilots near Newport News, Virginia.
Opened on Dec. 11, 1917, Carlstrom Fieldsoutheast of Arcadiawas named for Lt. Victor Carlstrom, an instructor who died training pilots near Newport News, Virginia.
The year 1917 closed bittersweetly in DeSoto County. Many young men had served in the U.S. Army: some had died of disease in training camps in Georgia, and others would soon journey to France to fight in the trenches.
Yet the war also brought economic and population growth to Arcadia during the construction of two aviation training camps.
