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Statue of Commerce-born WWII Gen. Claire Lee Chennault unveiled
The Herald Banner, Greenville, Texas via Yahoo News· 7 months agoOct. 16—Without a doubt, World War II casts a long shadow across the world, but it also holds a very special place in the history of Hunt County. For example, two of the American servicemen ...
Aztec Eagle -- only Mexican force to serve in WWII -- trained at Majors Field
The Herald Banner, Greenville, Texas via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSep. 26—With names like Audie Murphy and Claire Lee Chennault associated with Hunt County, and with Majors Airport beginning operations as a training center for the U.S. Army Air Forces (ASAAF ...
Caprock Chronicles: Elmer The Great: Texas Tech’s first sports superstar
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal via Yahoo News· 8 months agoEditor's Note: Caprock Chronicles is edited by Jack Becker, retired Texas Tech University librarian....
U.S. veterans who flew for China in World War II are welcomed back as heroes
NBC News via Yahoo News· 7 months agoWith U.S.-China relations at their lowest point in decades, centenarian U.S. veteran who flew as the...
Meet 98-year-old George Woo, a last living member of the Flying Tigers’ Chinese American Composite...
NextShark via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOn the Fourth of July in 1942 — nearly seven months after Imperial Japan shocked Pearl Harbor — the...