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Special Offer for our Military and Retired Military Customers and their Families
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We value every customer at Honda Cars of Bellevue, but we would like to extend a special thank you to the men and women of Offutt AFB who sacrifice daily while servicing our country. It is an honor to work with the many men and women from our local military installation. Honda Cars of Bellevue would like to thank all the current and retired members of our Country's armed services for all of the hard work and sacrifices they have made to keep us all safe.
To show our appreciation for all of the hard work and dedication that you put towards our great country, we’d like to extend a thank you by offering any current or retired member (or family member) of our country's military Special Military Pricing on any new Honda. Just fill out the form below to receive your Special Military Price Quote.
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**Special Military Pricing is only available on new purchases, and does not apply to previous transactions. Special pricing is only available to current, retired and family members of our country's military.
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History of Fort Crook (our road's namesake)
Fort Crook was commissioned by the War Department in 1890. Fort Crook was a U.S. Army Depot immediately south of Bellevue, Nebraska, along the Missouri River. It was first used as a dispatch point for Indian conflicts on the Great Plains. The fort was named for Major General George Cook, a Civil War veteran and Indian fighter.
Troops from Fort Crook fought during the Spanish-American War when the 22nd Regiment under Charles A. Wikoff was dispatched to Cuba. The regiment suffered heavy casualties in the Battle of El Caney. Only 165 of the 513 regiment members survived with most succumbing to tropical diseases after the battle.
The oldest surviving portion of Fort Crook is the parade grounds and surrounding red brick buildings that were constructed between 1894-96. These structures are still in active use today as squadron headquarters, living quarters for high-ranking generals (Generals Row), and Nebraska’s oldest operational jail.
In 1918, the 61st Balloon Company of the Army Air Corps was assigned to Fort Crook at the close of World War I. In 1921, an airfield was built at the fort as a refueling stop for mail and transcontinental flights and in 1924 the airfield was officially named "Offutt Field" in honor of 1st Lt. Jarvis Offutt. Offutt was an American pilot from nearby Omaha who was killed on 13 August 1918 while flying with the Royal Air Force in France during World War I.
*Information provided by Wikipedia.
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