Eglin Air Force Base

Eglin Air Force Base is a Florida historical marker in Fort Walton Beach, Okaloosa County, dedicated 1972.

S. John Sims Pkwy, Eglin Air Force Base East Gate Visitors Center, Fort Walton Beach

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Originally established on June 14, 1935, as Valparaiso Bombing and Gunnery Range with 1460 acres of land donated by James E. Plew, this site was renamed on August 4, 1937, for Lieutenant Colonel "Frederick I. Eglin, killed in an airplane crash. Eglin Field became a separate opening base August 27, 1940.

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1873 · Alabama. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1874 · Alabama. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1884 · Alabama. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1904 · Alabama (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1924 · South Carolina. Florida. Georgia. Mississippi. Alabama. North Carolina. South Carolina. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

South Carolina. Florida. Georgia. Mississippi. Alabama. North Carolina. South Carolina, 1924, covering the location of Eglin Air Force Base, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — South Carolina. Florida. Georgia. Mississippi. Alabama. North Carolina. South Carolina, 1924, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Eglin Air Force Base

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