Corpus Christi was booming when war came - Corpus Christi Caller-Times

Corpus Christi Caller-Times
Corpus Christi was booming when war came
Corpus Christi Caller-Times
(This column was combined from three columns that ran in the Caller-Times on Dec. 7, 14 and 21, 2005.) In 1939 Corpus Christi was selected for a new naval air station and by June 1940 sand dunes and fishing shacks were leveled at the Flour Bluff site ...