McChord Field
Located adjacent to Lakewood, Washington and Parkland, Washington, it was named in honor of Colonel William Caldwell McChord, former Chief of the Training and Operations Division in HQ Army Air Corps and started off as the Army airfield of Fort Lewis.
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