Historical Markers and War Memorials in Chino, California
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Operation Moolah was a United States Air Force effort to obtain a fully capable Soviet MiG-15 jet fighter for analysis. The operation focused on encouraging a Communist pilot from the Soviet Union, China, or North Korea to defect with a MiG . . . — — Map (db m242374) HM WM
The Korean War ravaged up and down the peninsula.
Family members and relatives, separated only by geography, fund themselves on opposite sides of the conflict. For them, the Korean War became brother versus brother, father versus son, cousin . . . — — Map (db m242378) HM WM
Throughout the conflict, doctors and nurses performed vital and heroic functions to save lives. Whether on-board hospital ships, conducting airborne medical evacuations, or serving with frontline Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) units, days were . . . — — Map (db m242380) HM WM
On June 25, 1950, at the encouragement of the Soviet Union, military forces of the North Korean People’s Army invaded South Korea in an attempt to unify the peninsula under communist rule.
In November 1950, again at the urging of the Soviet . . . — — Map (db m242376) HM WM
This reservoir, now demolished, was built for Fenton Mercer Slaughter in 1894. It was located about one-quarter mile north of this adobe. — — Map (db m249) HM
John Walmsley, Jr.
Captain – U.S. Air Force
Hometown: Baltimore, Maryland
Recognition: Medal of Honor – Posthumous
Early in the Korean War, John Walmsley volunteered to fly nighttime bombing missions against the communist truck and . . . — — Map (db m242413) HM WM
During the three years of the Korean War, nearly 100 men, flying for either the United Nations or Communist forces, achieved ace status – a pilot who successfully shot down five or more aircraft.
For the Soviet Union, which claimed at least . . . — — Map (db m242379) HM WM
The objective of the Korean War for both sides was unification of the Korean peninsula under their particular form of government. Neither side achieved their goal.
After the Armistice, with Soviet and Chinese help, North Korean rebuilt . . . — — Map (db m242373) HM WM
This sign, a reproduction of one positioned at Kimpo Air Base in South Korea, represents the role that aviation played in the Korean War.
From airfields throughout South Korea and Japan, United Nations forces flew a constant steam of missions . . . — — Map (db m242368) HM WM
Near this site, Isaac Williams in 1841 built a large adobe home, located on the 22,000-acre Rancho Chino which he acquired from his father-in-law Antonio Lugo. The "Battle of Chino" occurred at the adobe on September 26-27, 1846, during which 24 . . . — — Map (db m50665) HM
Near this spot once stood the home of Isaac Williams, first American settler in this valley, about which on September 26-27 1846, was fought the first important engagement in California of the war with Mexico.
This was also the site of the Chino . . . — — Map (db m379) HM
They came from remote villages, small towns, and large cities.
From all levels of society – farmers, workers, merchants, professionals.
Some fought on the side of communism, others for the idea of self-government, still other for the man next . . . — — Map (db m242369) HM WM
Joseph Rodriguez
Private First Class – U.S. Army
Hometown: San Bernardino, California
Recognition: Medal of Honor
Joseph Rodriguez was a twenty-two year old private first class (PFC) assigned to Company F, 2nd Battalion, 17th . . . — — Map (db m242417) HM WM
This marker commemorates the World War II Army Air Corps Pilots who were trained between 1940 and 1944, at this airfield that was the home of the Cal-Aero Flight Academy. — — Map (db m242382) HM WM
This example of early California architecture was built in 1850-53 by Raimundo Yorba. Purchased in 1868 by Fenton Mercer Slaughter, it was preserved as a memorial to him by his daughter, Julia Slaughter Fuqua. — — Map (db m923) HM
