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During World War 2, the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) established numerous airfields in Mississippi for antisubmarine defence in the Gulf of Mexico, and for training pilots and air crews of the USAAF fighters and bombers.
These were the vital airfields in Mississippi:
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Columbus Army Airfield---Columbus, Mississippi
Fletcher Army Airfield---Clarksdale, Mississippi
Greenwood Army Airfield---Greenwood, Mississippi
Greenville Army Airfield---Greenville, Mississippi
Gulfport Army Airieild---Gulfport, Mississippi
Jackson Army Air Base---Jackson, Mississippi
Keesler Army Airfield---Biloxi, Misssissippi
Clevland Army Airfield---Clevland, Mississippi
Key Field---Meridian Mississippi
Laural Army Airfield---Laural, Mississippi
Hattiesburg Army Airfield---Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Grenada Army Airfield---Grenada, Mississippi
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The the vital importance of Mississippi in World War 2 was because of it's numerous Airfields and Air Bases.
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What year did Mississippi rejoin the Union?
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Mississippi is the site of a famous civil war battle?
Yes, that of Vicksburg
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Is the town of Vicksburg part of the south during the US Civil War?
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Vicksburg because it cut the south into and opened -up the Mississippi river for the north.
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Where was the American Civil War in the west?
Alabama, Lousiana, the Mississippi River, Tennessee, Georgia and Mississippi
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During the civil war did controlling vicksburg Mississippi mean to control the Mississippi river?
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