TY - BOOK AU - Alexander,Thomas E. AU - Utley,Dan K. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Faded glory: a century of forgotten Texas military sites, then and now AV - F387 .A526 2012eb U1 - 355.009764 23 PY - 2012/// CY - College Station PB - Texas A&M University Press KW - Military bases KW - Texas KW - Fortification KW - Battlefields KW - Historic sites KW - History, Military KW - Antiquities KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - "A Texas A&M travel guide."; Includes bibliographical references and index; The Mexican War, 1846-1848: Corpus Christi beach -- Thornton's skirmish -- Brazos Santiago -- Fort Brown -- The Indian Wars, 1848-1875: Fort McKavett -- Fort Lancaster -- Battle of Adobe Walls -- The Civil War, 1861-1865: Old Fort Bliss -- Battle of Galveston -- Camp Ford -- Battle of Sabine Pass -- The Spanish-American War, 1898: Menger Hotel -- Camp Mabry -- Camp Wood -- The Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920: Downtown El Paso -- Glenn Spring -- Camp Ruidosa -- Camp Holland -- World War I, 1917-1918: USS Texas -- Galveston coastal defenses -- Camp Bowie I -- Camp MacArthur and Rich Field -- World War II, 1941-1945: Fort Clark -- Camp Bowie II -- Avenger Field -- Pecos Army Airfield -- Naval operations in wartime Orange -- Prisoners of war in Texas -- Marfa Army Airfield -- Epilogue: a call for preservation; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2011; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10588014 ER -