Baytown Veterans Day Ceremonies Planned Across City
Baytown residents will honor veterans with events at Bicentennial Park and Houston Methodist San Jacinto Hospital. A ceremony begins at 11 a.m. at Veterans Memorial Plaza, 1001 Market St., featuring the national anthem and colors by the Baytown Veterans Ceremonial Guard.
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Last man to bail out at 22000 feet WW II POW recalls ordeal
Willis Thomas Jones Jr. joined the U S Army Air Forces in 1941 before Pearl Harbor and served as a tail gunner then bombardier on a B 17. He flew 33 missions over Italy and Austria before being shot down over Vienna on July 26 1944 during a mass raid. His unit, the 15th Air Force, faced German Fw 190 fighters as 13 of their B 17s were shot down.
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W.T) Jones Jr
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Baytown Police Seek Hit-and-Run Driver After Teen Struck
A 16-year-old boy was struck while running across the Robert Lanier feeder road. He is stable in a Houston area hospital. Police describe the suspect vehicle as a white 2005 or newer four-door Ford or Cadillac with possible front-end damage. Crime Stoppers offers cash for tips.
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Driver dies after rear-ending Barbers Hill ISD bus
A 30-year-old man driving a Cadillac Escalade rear-ended a Barbers Hill ISD bus on the westbound feeder road of I-10 near Highway 99 as the bus prepared to load students. He died at Houston Methodist San Jacinto Hospital. No students or staff were injured.
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