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Station: Wurtsmith Air Force Base, MI
Wurtsmith Air Force Base was located three miles northwest of Oscoda in Iosco County. In 1925 it was originally called Camp Skeel. In 1953 it was renamed Wurtsmith Air Force Base. The base provided bombers during the cold war. Airplane fuel was brought into the base by rail off the D&M's Skeel Spur.
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The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:
- [AAB| = All Aboard!, by Willis Dunbar, Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids ©1969.
- [AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
- [AARQJ] = American Association of Railroads Quiz Jr. pamphlet. © 1956
- [AATHA] = Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter "The Double A"
- [AB] = Information provided at Michigan History Conference from Andrew Bailey, Port Huron, MI
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