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Army Air Base. The United States Army leased 3,000 acre from the city of Austin, on land acquired from the Santiago Del Valle Grant. The Chisholm Trail ran through the tract. The name of the base was changed to Bergstrom Army Air Field on March 3, 1943, in honor of Austinite captain John August Earl Bergstrom, who was killed at Clark Field, Philippines,

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