This week in history: Morrison Field becomes an Army post

By Michelle Quigley

On Feb. 27, 1941, Morrison Field, now Palm Beach International Airport, officially became an Army post. The post was deactivated in 1947, and the two-story Air Force operations building became the passenger terminal.

Read more about the history of Palm Beach International Airport here.

Aerial view of Morrison Field as an Army post in the 1940s. (Palm Beach Post file photo)

Tags: airport, military, This Week in History, World War II