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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jwt708, post: 2030582, member: 32619&quot;]This thread needs a little attention...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/vandenberg-1.2143/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, began life on 5 October 1941 as Camp Cooke named after General Phillip St. George Cooke. Gen Cooke served from 1827 to 1873 and has been credited as the father of U.S. Calvary. Camp Cooke&#039;s purpose was to serve as a training base for armored and infantry forces though other units spent time there as well as a German and Italian prisoner of war camp and a maximum penitentiary for military criminals in 1946. Camp Cooke was demilitarized after World War Two and opened up again in 1950 to 1953 to train forces heading to Korea. 1 February 1953 saw the base inactivated again and the prison was turned over for civilian use.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This closure wasn&#039;t to last, with the Soviets launching Sputnik I &amp; II pressure was on for a suitable missile base and the area where Camp Cooke was offered several benefits for long range missiles. June 1957 saw the creating of Cooke Air Force Base that was renamed Vandenberg Air Force Base 4 October 1958 in honor of late General Hoyte Vandenberg. Gen Vandenberg served from 1923 to 1953 and was featured on the covers of both Time and LIFE magazine. Many of his post war efforts were aimed at keeping the military focused on the Air Force and not allowing it to devolve as it had during the inter war years between WWI and WWII. Today Vandenberg Air Force Base is a space and missile testing base, supports Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missiles and civilian space activities.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This token was the second or third military trade token I ever bought and at the time I wasn&#039;t a serious collector. I chose it because my wife&#039;s father was stationed there and that&#039;s where she was born. I don&#039;t have my copy of Cunningham available right now (someone should make an app <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />) so you&#039;ll have to wait for the number...I&#039;ll update this later.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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