Elmer Tarbox – Texas Tech All-American, WWII Pilot, Inventor, Texas Legislator
Elmer Tarbox once said that when he made his first bombing run in a B-25, “I had a knot in my belly as big as a sweet potato. My hands...
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- Jan 21, 2019
- 4 min
“The Good Lord Was Always with Me” – Elton Wilson, WWII “Hump Pilot”
West Texans are friendly folk, quick to smile, eager to help, private with their emotions, strong in their convictions. Robert Elton...
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- Jan 12, 2019
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SSgt Edward Ward – “If You’re Not Scared, You’re Lying”
Ed said these were words to live by during combat duty in WWII. He had numerous close calls during his time in France and Germany. He...
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- Dec 14, 2018
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Fred Watson – Faith Helps Him Through Korean War Memories
Fred Watson saw his body floating and transparent. He felt if his spirit floated through the ceiling he would not come back. He credits...
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- Nov 30, 2018
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Ted Hill – WWII P-47 Thunderbolt Pilot
In the spring of 1945, Lt. Ted Hill and his P-47 squadron were returning from a mission over Germany to their base in Kelz, Germany. The...
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- Nov 7, 2018
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Pipeline, Purdue, Petroleum and People Like Us
It was late November 1944. Bob Kiser and his buddies were in their tents at the end of the runway of the 14th Air Force near Yunnanyi,...
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- Oct 25, 2018
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Crew Chief to Two of the Air Force’s Fastest Bombers
Welby Smith was one of the first to join the newly named United States Air Force. The former Army Air Forces became the U.S. Air Force on...
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- Oct 22, 2018
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Smart and Lucky: How Wayne Owen Survived WWII
Many survivors of war talk about how lucky they were to survive. Here is one such story. During his training during WWII, Wayne Owen’s...
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- Sep 28, 2018
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32nd Infantry ‘Red Arrow Division’ - First In, Last Out
Pfc. R.L. Owens was in water up to his neck in a jungle in New Guinea and the Japanese were laying down heavy fire on his company. It was...
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- Sep 13, 2018
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The 1000 Mile War: The Aleutian Islands
From 1944 to 1945, TSGT Nathan Luger was sent to one of the most remote islands in the world. Attu Island is at the end of the Aleutian...
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- Aug 29, 2018
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Lucky #13 and the “Miracle Survivor”
Heheard and felt the two B-17s collide in mid-air and Sgt. Robbie Gill knew his crew was in trouble. His plane, the Black Cat #13, had...
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- Jun 21, 2018
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“Li’l Bit” Greenway – an Early Pioneer in the WAF’s
Jannie Greenway was born during the Great Depression in 1932 in Dalton, Georgia to R.W. and Selma Greenway and was the middle child of...
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- May 23, 2018
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Iwo Jima Vet Passionate about Spreading Freedom’s Message
Seventy years after the battle of Iwo Jima, former Marine Sgt. Bill Pasewark continues to urgently enlighten the public about the cost of...
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