Camp John Wise

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Kallison Walk, San Antonio, TX 78205, USA

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N29° 25' 26" W98° 29' 36"   (29.423888888889, -98.493333333333) Start navigation »

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Camp John Wise is a former United States Army military garrison, located in San Antonio, Texas. During World War I it was used as a training field for the U. S. Army Balloon Corps between 1917 until 1919.
The airfield was one of thirty-two Air Service training camps established in 1918 after the United States entry into World War I. It named for John Wise of Philadelphia, a pioneer balloonist who constructed a balloon in which he set a world distance record in 1869.

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