Veterans Day salute from The Baytown Sun
The Baytown Sun honors surviving veterans of foreign wars and all who died for the country, thanking all who served or sacrificed.
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Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 2008
Page
1
Veterans Day tribute recalls Tex Hill and Times Square kiss
Baytown Sun collects veterans memories detailing Col. David Lee Tex Hill and the World War II ace. Hill, famed for shooting down Japanese zeros and protecting bombers, earned multiple honors and recognition in aviation halls. The feature also recalls Glenn McDuffie, the man in Life’s iconic Times Square kiss, who later claimed the photo subject role in 2007, as forensics weighed the identity.
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Mazie Hill
Col
David Lee
Tex" Hill
Tex
John Wayne
Glenn McDuffie
New York City
Times Square
Alfred Eisenstaedt
Japan
Eisenstaedt
Life Magazine
McDuffie
Houston Police Department
Lois Gibson
Tuskegee Airman Matthew Plummer lauded for civil rights work
The late Matthew Wesley Plummer, a World War II Tuskegee Airman who died at 86, gained posthumous recognition including the Congressional Medal of Honor in 2007. Born to a former slave and a Texas mother, he championed civil rights amid racial tensions and shaped Harris County civic life.
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Matthew Plummer
Houston
Tuskegee Airmen
Tuskegee
Plummer
Matthew William Plummer
Minnie Lee Wilson
Remembering the Great War Buckles Meets Bush
Frank Buckles, aged 107, the last living World War I veteran to share first hand memories, recounts combat in a visit noted with President George W. Bush on March 6, 2008. Buckles joined at 16 by misrepresenting his age, a fact highlighted amid WWI reminiscences.
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George W. Bush
Frank Buckles
Buckles
War Memorial
Washington D.C
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Tara
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David DeJonge
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