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Valor in Aerial Operations Historical Markers
Military awards for valor in aerial operations during armed conflict or peacetime, such as the United States's Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal; the British Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Force Cross, and equivalent aerial valor awards issued by other countries.
On Farrow Parkway at Shine Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Farrow Parkway.
General Carns served at the Myrtle Beach Air Force Base as Commander of the 354th Tactical Fighter Wing from March 1979 to October 1980. During this period, he developed and implemented a unique combat readiness training program centered on . . . — — Map (db m113438) HM
Near Harrelson Boulevard at Jetport Road, on the right when traveling north.
General Carns served at the Myrtle Beach Air Force Base as Commander of the 354th Tactical Fighter Wing from March 1979 to October 1980. During this period, he developed and implemented a unique combat readiness training program centered on . . . — — Map (db m121686) HM
On Reed Street at Farrow Parkway, in the median on Reed Street.
General Reed was born in Elkhorn City, Kentucky. He earned a bachelor of arts degree in international relations from Syracuse University, New York, in 1959 and a master of public administration degree from The George Washington University in 1965. . . . — — Map (db m113448) HM
General Reed was born in Elkhorn City, Kentucky. He earned a bachelor of arts degree in international relations from Syracuse University, New York, in 1959 and a master of public administration degree from The George Washington University in 1965. . . . — — Map (db m123178) HM
Near Harrelson Boulevard at Jetport Road, on the right when traveling north.
General Rosencrans served at the Myrtle Beach Air Force Base as Wing Commander of the 354th Tactical Fighter Wing from May 1970 to July 1971. During this period, the Wing converted from the F-100 aircraft to the A-7D Corsair II, becoming the . . . — — Map (db m121688) HM
Near Harrelson Boulevard at Jetport Road, on the right when traveling north.
Joseph J. Redden was born February 16, 1943, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. General Redden was first assigned to Myrtle Beach Air Force Base in March 1974 where he served as Operations Officer of the 356th Tactical Fighter Squadron.
He . . . — — Map (db m121752) HM
On Farrow Parkway at Shine Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Farrow Parkway.
Major General Sharpe was vice commander, then commander, of the 354th Tactical Fighter Wing at Myrtle Beach Air Force Base during the period of January 1988 to June 1991. During a portion of this time, he deployed with the Wing and A-10 aircraft . . . — — Map (db m102193) HM WM
Near Harrelson Boulevard at Jetport Road, on the right when traveling north.
Major General Sharpe was Vice Commander, then Commander, of the 354th Tactical Fighter Wing at Myrtle Beach Air Force Base during the period of January 1988 to June 1991.
During a portion of this time, he deployed with the Wing and A-10 . . . — — Map (db m123182) HM
On Meyers Avenue at Pampas Drive, on the left when traveling south on Meyers Avenue.
General Gilbert Meyers entered military service in 1936. He completed his pilot training in 1938 and was assigned the Eighth Pursuit Group at Langley Field, Virginia. His distinguished career contained many firsts. During the early part of World . . . — — Map (db m102296) HM WM
Near Harrelson Boulevard at Jetport Road, on the right when traveling north.
General Gilbert Meyers entered military service in 1936. He completed his pilot training in 1938 and was assigned to the Eighth Pursuit Group at Langley Field, Virginia. His distinguished career contained many firsts.
During the early . . . — — Map (db m121681) HM
Near Harrelson Boulevard at Jetport Road, on the right when traveling north.
Major General Harold L. Price had a colorful career which included service in three wars. He was born and raised in Potter, New York. After graduating from Pennsylvania State College in 1941, he entered active military service as an aviation cadet. . . . — — Map (db m121684) HM
On Hackler Avenue at Howard Street, on the right when traveling east on Hackler Avenue.
Born in Marion, Virginia, General James Hackler grew up in Wilmington, North Carolina. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1943. He was then assigned to the European . . . — — Map (db m102036) WM
On Howard Avenue at Farrow Parkway, on the right when traveling north on Howard Avenue.
General Kruzel served a the Myrtle Beach Air Force Base as Vice Commander and then Commander of the 354th Tactical Fighter Wing during the period July 1961 to April 1963. He graduated from the University of Scranton in Scranton, Pennsylvania in . . . — — Map (db m102233) HM WM
Near Harrelson Boulevard at Jetport Road, on the right when traveling north.
General Kruzel served at the Myrtle Beach Air Force Base as Vice Commander and then Commander of the 354th Tactical Fighter Wing during the period July 1961 to April 1963. He graduated from the University of Scranton in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in . . . — — Map (db m121803) HM
On Hackler Street at Howard Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Hackler Street.
The highest award that the United States Air Force can bestow upon an individual for heroic action during combat is the Air Force Cross.
A pilot from the 354th Tactical Fighter Wing, Myrtle Beach Air Force Base, earned that award for his heroic . . . — — Map (db m102065) WM
On Lea Avenue east of 5th Avenue South, on the left when traveling east.
Born in a house which stood here, Feb. 3, 1884, he graduated from the Military Academy
in 1905. Originally a cavalry officer, he transferred to the Air Corps in 1917. In 1941 he commanded the Caribbean Defense Command, later U.S. Air Forces, . . . — — Map (db m165435) HM WM
On General Hudnell Drive Access Road, 0.1 miles east of South General McMullen, on the right when traveling west.
While serving in the Strategic Air Command as a B-52 aircraft commander, Major Confer was selected to be in the initial cadre that launched the first operational B-58 flying program. The B-58 was the United States first Mach 2 bomber, he was . . . — — Map (db m207775) HM
Near East Austin Street at North Washington Street (U.S. 87).
"I have often wondered why me, why was I spared when others died. I'll never know the answer to that question; but I do know that terrifying experience helped me to become a man."
On June 12, 1942, his 18th birthday and the day after he . . . — — Map (db m191086) HM
On North 4th Street at College Street, on the left when traveling north on North 4th Street.
Following college, Russell Fleming joined U.S. Army, completed officer candidate school & helicopter flight training. Deployed to Vietnam April 1970, B troop 7, First Cavalry Division. Flew Cobra helicopters over 1,600 combat hours. Shot down nine . . . — — Map (db m160200) WM
Near S. 2nd Street (State Highway 6) at S. Main Street (U.S. 283), on the right when traveling east.
Edwin Dyess remains Shackelford County’s most decorated serviceman. Dyess Air Force Base in Abilene is named in his honor. Born and educated in Albany and John Tarleton College, he joined the Army Air Force in 1938 and received his wings at Randolph . . . — — Map (db m85586) HM
On West Abram Street just west of South Center Street, on the left when traveling west.
Neel E. Kearby was born in Wichita Falls on June 5, 1911 to Dr. John Gallatin Kearby, Jr. and Bessie Lee (Stone) Kearby. He spent much of his childhood in Mineral Wells, but later moved to Arlington, graduating from Arlington High School in 1928 . . . — — Map (db m175156) HM
In Memoriam
Albert G. Maroscher
086459
Maj Inf U.S. Army
Silver Star
Distinguished Flying Cross
Soldiers Medal
Bronze Star Medal
Air Medal
Army Commendation Medal
Purple Heart
K I A
Vietnam 15 April 1968 . . . — — Map (db m87072) WM
The disappearance of a Western Air Services Boeing 95 mail plane during an intense snow storm thrust Cedar City, Utah, into the sharp focus of world attention. It was not because such accidents were uncommon, for air crashes were quite common in . . . — — Map (db m74002) HM
Near Overlord Circle, 0.4 miles west of Burks Hill Road.
One of the major components of the National D-Day Memorial, Lawhorne Circle, named for Lieutenant Maurice T. Lawhorne, Army Air Force, recognizes the service and contributions of the Allied Air Forces in support of the Normandy landing and Operation . . . — — Map (db m242033) HM WM
On Air and Space Museum Parkway west of Localizer Road, in the median.
The Distinguished Flying Cross was created by an Act of Congress in 1926. Under the initial Act, along with many military aviators and crew, a select group of civilians received the Distinguished Flying Cross for aerial achievement. These included . . . — — Map (db m143130) HM
Near Museum Drive, 0.2 miles south of Avenue of the Arts.
The sloop La Nube (The Cloud), a Soverel 37, was built in 1972 by Soverel Marine, Inc. in North Palm Beach, Florida. Originally designed as a ketch rig, the boat was redesigned as a sloop at the request of the owner, Captain H. Cordie Weart, . . . — — Map (db m220336) HM
On West Old Street at North Sycamore Street (Virginia Route 36), on the right when traveling east on West Old Street.
Howard Baugh (1920-2008) was born and raised in Petersburg. He graduated from what is now Virginia State University in 1941, joined the U.S. Army Air Corps, and completed pilot training at Tuskegee Army Air Field in 1942. Deployed to Sicily with the . . . — — Map (db m130185) HM WM
Near Jefferson Davis Highway (U.S. 1) 0.1 miles south of Joplin Road (Virginia Route 619), on the right when traveling south.
In 1949, 228 Marines graduated from the 5th Basic Class as 2d Lieutenants in the United States Marine Corps. The only Marine officer's class commissioned in 1948, over 75 percent were commissioned from enlisted ranks. Over 90 percent subsequently . . . — — Map (db m168735) HM WM
(East face):
We dedicate this memorial to the memory of the men of “The Fighting Fourth”
31 May, 1993
3298 Killed
14,424 Wounded
Fourth Marine Division Association in World War II
(North face):
Fourth . . . — — Map (db m3544) WM
On Virginia Beach Boardwalk, 0.1 miles north of 16th Street, on the left when traveling north.
A Virginia Beach Police Officer & Trainer, War Hero, Strong Man, Friend & Confidant, Fitness Guru And Comic
He touched the lives of thousands of people, Inspiring us to be strong, to run hard, to live, to laugh and to love.
John Wareing . . . — — Map (db m165961) HM WM
On Court Avenue (State Highway 3) 0.1 miles east of May Street, on the left when traveling east.
Born Myra, Lincoln County, West Virginia, February 13, 1923
Graduated Hamlin High School, 1941
Enlisted Army Air Corps, September 1941
Received Pilot’s Wings, March 1943
World War II, 64 combat missions, destroyed 13 enemy aircraft
. . . — — Map (db m126798) HM WM
June 17, 1906
July 9, 1958
Navy Cross
May 7 - 8, 1942
Distinguished Service Medal
July 1953 - June 1958
Legion of Merit W/Combat "V"
Dec. 1944 - May 1945
Distinguished Flying Cross W/Two Gold Stars
Nov 1942 - . . . — — Map (db m145609) HM
Near 7 Avenue Southwest just west of 4 Street Southwest, on the right when traveling west.
Arthur Smith, OC, AOE, D.F.C, Order of Merit (Hungary), LLD (Hon.) was born in Calgary. In 1940, he enlisted in the military, serving as an RAF Bomber Command Pilot and receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross. Mr. Smith later held the offices of . . . — — Map (db m221499) HM
In loving memory of
Squadron Leader
R.F.C. Garvey D.F.C. & Bar
Only son of J.C. & Gladys Garvey
Born at Murrisk Abbey 11th July 1918
Killed in a flying accident
at Shawbury, England,
on 14th January 1948 & buried there
Dearly . . . — — Map (db m28259) HM
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