Hostess House
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The Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) ran the Rich Field Hostess House. The house had various uses, but one particularly important usage was as the meeting place for commanders and their wives during the quarantine. Entertainment was provided to temporarily distract the soldiers and their families from the reality of being “confined to the post.” The Hostess House, meant for comfort, was said to be the finest at any flying field of the time.
This file appears in: Rich Field Army Air Base
Rich Field Army Air Base
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…