World War I Exhibit Premiere and Grand Prairie Historical Society

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This photograph was taken in 1918 at Ebert's Field.  Ebert's Field was established in 1917,  in Lonoke, Arkansas, around thirty miles from Stuttgart.  It served as one of the leading training centers for aviators during World War I.  It shows pilot with microphone receiving helmet and power generated radio telephone.  Image courtesy of Arkansas State Archives
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