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Shaw Air Force Base

Shaw Air Force Base

1941 –

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  • Title Shaw Air Force Base
  • Coverage 1941 –
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  • Keywords outskirts of Sumter to train pilots for World War II, During the latter stages of World War II, Shaw was also the site of a German prisoner-of-war camp of about four hundred prisoners, 1993 Shaw became the permanent home of the Twentieth Fighter Wing, comprised of four fighter squadrons,
  • Website Name South Carolina Encyclopedia
  • Publisher University of South Carolina, Institute for Southern Studies
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  • Access Date March 28, 2024
  • Original Published Date
  • Date of Last Update August 23, 2022
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