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Gerstner Field was the first military air field in Louisiana. The U.S. Army Signal Corps began training there in November 1917. Gerstner had 24 hangars and 90 other buildings. Almost 500 fighter pilots and instructors were trained there for the World War I Western Front. The field was dismantled in 1921, and its foundations are located west of the site.
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