Camp John Wise is a former United States Army military garrison, located in San Antonio, Texas. During World War I it was used as a training field for...

John Wise (February 24, 1808 – September 28, 1879) was a pioneer in the field of ballooning. He made over 400 flights during his lifetime and was responsible...

city occupied the site where Camp John Wise was built in 1917. Camp John Wise was a US Army balloonist training site. The camp shut down in 1919 when the...

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successful completion of preflight training, flight cadets were sent to Camp John Dick Aviation Concentration Center, located at the Texas State Fairgrounds...

Virginia, Wise served as a significant figure on the path to the American Civil War, becoming heavily involved in the 1859 trial of abolitionist John Brown...

a contingent of officers and men from Fort Omaha were assigned to Camp John Wise in Texas. The Balloon School at Fort Omaha was soon ended. Meanwhile...

commanded by Col. W. M. Hensley. Within days, two Balloon Companies from Camp John Wise, San Antonio, Texas; three Balloon Companies from Fort Omaha, Nebraska;...

Schools in warmer, more stable, environments and selected Camp John Wise in San Antonio, Texas and Camp Ross, Arcadia, California. On 30 November, orders were...