Tornado snapshot from 1943

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My friend Randall de Rijk has an astounding collection of vintage vernacular snapshots. This is his latest acquisition, a photo of a tornado that hit the Cavalry Replacement Training Center at Fort Riley, Kansas, on May 15, 1943 at 3pm.

"It did $175,000 in damage, destroying 41 buildings. It took 400 carpenters, working around the clock one week to rebuild the buildings. Two were killed and 200 injured."