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Captain John August Earl Bergstrom, who entered the U.S. Army from Texas, was a member of the 93rd Bombardment Squadron, 19th Bombardment Group. He was killed when he was hit by bomb fragments on December 10, 1941, during an enemy air raid against Clark Field, Luzon.
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On December 8 1941, Captain John August Earl Bergstrom, 34, was serving as an administrative officer with the 19th Bombardment Group at Clark Field in the Philippines when he was killed. A graduate of Texas A&M University, Capt. Bergstrom was the first native Austinite to be killed in action during World War II. At the urging of his former employer...
Bergstrom Air Force Base, located in Southeast Austin, was home to the U.S. Air Force’s aircraft reconnaissance fighter fleet. Following the end of the Cold War, the base was closed through the nineteen ninety-one Base Realignment and Closure Commission. Leading up to its closure in nineteen ninety-three, City leaders were already eyeing it as a po...
In the late 1920s, Austin City Council requested that the Army Corps at Kelly Field in San Antonio send a pilot over Austin to identify a suitable site for a municipal airport. Claire Chennault, who later became famous with the World War II “Flying Tigers,” recommended Matthews farm tract four miles NE of downtown Austin. This became Robert Mueller...
In 1999, the Austin City Council dedicated the West Runway (17R/35L) to the late President Lyndon Baines Johnson, a Texas native. LBJ, a colorful character, frequently visited his Johnson City ranch by landing at Bergstrom. Before his visits, base personnel would paint all the dead grass green visible from the runway and Presidential Boulevard. The...
Barbara Jordan (1936-1996) believed deeply in the Constitution and an America made up of diverse people bound by common beliefs. “E Pluribus Unum” — “in unity we are one,” was one of her favorite sayings used frequently in her speeches. As an elected official Barbara Jordan accomplished many firsts. She was the first African American to serve in th...
CPT John August Earl Bergstrom. Final resting place unknown. Name listed on the Tablets of the Missing. Captain Bergstrom was the first Austinite to be killed in World War II. He died during the attack of the U.S. base at Clark Field, the Philippines.
John August Earl Bergstrom. 1908–1941 • Male. Evelyn Bergstrom. 1909– • Female. World Events (8) 1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed. Age 0. Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals.
Captain John August Earl Bergstrom, 34, a reservist serving as an administrative officer in the 19th Bombardment Group, is killed in the attack. Captain Bergstrom, born on August 25, 1907, a graduate of Texas A&M, is the first Austinite killed in the war.
Mar 31, 2024 · In March 1943, it was renamed Bergstrom Army Airfield (and later Bergstrom Air Force Base), after Captain John August Earl Bergstrom, who was an administrative officer with the 19th Bombardment Group at Clark Field in the Philippines when he was killed at the age of 34.
The name of the base was changed to Bergstrom Army Air Field on 3 March 1943, in honor of Austinite captain John August Earl Bergstrom, who was killed at Clark Field, Philippines, during one of the early Japanese bombings at the start of World War II.
