Air Mail Hangar (San Francisco, California)
USA /
California /
San Francisco /
San Francisco, California
World
/ USA
/ California
/ San Francisco
World / United States / California
Second World War 1939-1945, military, place with historical importance, aircraft hangar
During WWII, the former hanger was converted into barracks and classrooms for the top secret Military Intelligence Service Language School. Nisei soldiers were trained here as interpreters, many going on to serve with distinction in the battlefields of Bora Bora, Guadalcanal, and Attu.
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Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 37°48'10"N 122°27'45"W
- Skaggs Island 45 km
- Camp Stoneman (site) 53 km
- Camp Beale (site) 181 km
- Camp Essex - Desert Training Center/California-Arizona Maneuver Area (site) 724 km
- Camp Clipper (site) 727 km
- Borrego Valley Manuever Area 736 km
- Camp Iron Mountain (site) 773 km
- Camp Granite (site) 776 km
- Poston War Relocation Center 835 km
- Los Alamos National Laboratory 1448 km
- Crissy Field 0.3 km
- San Francisco National Cemetery 0.4 km
- East Beach 0.5 km
- The Presidio of San Francisco 0.5 km
- Crissy Field 0.8 km
- Fort Winfield Scott 0.9 km
- Presidio Golf Course 1.3 km
- Presidio Heights 1.8 km
- Inner Richmond 2.4 km
- San Francisco Bay 19 km