Large troop concentration and errant bombs ended range use

The Mulberry Island portion of Fort Eustis was considered a bombing range and a sub-base of Langley Air Base, then part of the Army, in September 1936. Some records show that Langley gave up Eustis as a subbase January 24, 1941when it was reopened as the Coast Artillery Replacement Center in 1941 but it continued to use the various ranges it had established previously.

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