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Plant Park Horse Race Park (Tampa, FL) - In 1943, WWII soldiers (Air Corp) stationed at Drew Field were temporarily housed at Plant Park. The soldiers slept on cots in the stables until they could be moved to the barracks at Drew Field. "They needed Gunners in Europe. I would be shipped Florida to join a crew.  Arrived in Florida and they took me to Plant Park.  A race horse track - they put up cots in the stables." Source: personal history, Ted Cameron Blake (b. Feb 27, 1923 d. July 4, 2003)