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Army Coast Artillery Training Center, World War II. Named for Richmond P. Davis, native of Statesville.
Brigadier general of the Army Air Service, demonstrated air power by bombing battleships off coast, Sept. 5, 1923. Landing field was here.

On June 12, 1942, the U.S. Army Air Force took over Seymour Johnson Field for use as a training center.