Tokyo Raiders Recall Mission of Doolittle Raid Crews
The piece recalls the Doolittle Raid of 1942, naming Col Travis Hower piloting one B 25 from the Hornet and Col Herb Macht as navigator, with Ed Yorke city manager piloting another bomber. It notes all 16 aircrews volunteered and faced fuel limits forcing plans to reach safety over the China Sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Jimmy Doolittle
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Travis Hower
San Antonio
Doolittle
Hornet
Tokyo
Herb Macht
Assumption Seminary
Cal
Ed Yorke
Olmos Park
China Sea
Pride of America veterans highlighted in Armed Forces Week series
This San Antonio feature profiles veterans who served in World War II and beyond, including Hoover who flew bombing missions over Tokyo and to China, Macia the last Air Force colonel to retire, Mada and crew who bailed out near China, York who reached Russia after Tokyo flights, and Doolittle's Raiders. The piece notes wartime exploits, reunions, and ongoing civilian pursuits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armed Forces Week
San Antonio
York
Russia
China
Siberia
Valdivostok
Herr
Doolittle
L R
Cols
Herb Macia
Travis Hoover
Ed York
San Antonio post steeting and community notices prompt action
Engineers Joe F Meis to speak at San Antonio Post meeting at Officers Club. Greater San Antonio Safety Council offers defensive driving classes at Churchill High School and other sites. Women veterans may apply for retro GI Bill payments. deadline July 1. City hosts seminar on women in consumer world. Project Read On meets Wednesday. Muscular Dystrophy Association to meet at 7:30 pm Thursday. San Antonio Club of Alamo National Bank discusses farm and ranch topics at Dutch treat barbecue near Converse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe F. Meis
The
Air Force
Spruker
San Antonio
Thesday
Greater San Jotta
San Antonia
Gynter
South San Antoni
Dheteier
South Texas
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Alamo National Bank
Anual
Agvent
Firand Ranch Committee
Greater
Ein Attonia Chamber of Commerce
Aiie Alamo Soil and Water Conservation District
Bexar County Extension
Sil Meain
A.J. Brucks
Converse
Crestway
Abe
Through The Years Light Files San Antonio Snippet May 15 1966
May 15 1966 notes recount Bexar County liberals leaving the Democratic County Convention after losing a bid for Johnson Great Society endorsement. Also references 9.22 inches rainfall at San Antonio International Airport, polio cases totaling 16 with 3 deaths, and Mayor Quin lifting a horse carriage ban.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bexar County
Johnson
Great Society
San Antonio
International
San Antonio Leaders to Visit Mexico City for MexFair 76
A 20 member San Antonio delegation led by Tom Frost Jr will meet Mexican officials in Mexico City to discuss the MexFair 76 trade exposition. The event in San Antonio runs Sept 12 for five days with about 500 exhibitors and 1,500 export products and $80 million in prior sales. The group includes Mayor Cockrell, Fred Burber, John Beltran, and Dr. Gerald Burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ED Castillo
San Antonio
Tom Frost JR
Frost National Bank
Raul Gonzalez Galarza
Mayor Cockrell
Chamber
Fred Burber
John Beltran
Mexican Chamber of Commerce
Jose San Marti
Gerald Burns
Our Lady of the Lake University
Frost
MexFair
Efficiency Stressed By AF Secretary in San Antonio
Secretary of the Air Force Thomas C. Reed warned that the United States must run its military twice as efficiently to stay ahead of the Soviet buildup. He cited a three to one inventory-to-asset ratio and urged avoiding excessive efficiency that could hinder crisis readiness. Reed urged Congress to fund the B bomber program and noted job gains from consolidations at Randolph and Brooks bases, with payroll boosts by 1978.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Soviet Union
Air Force
Thomas C. Reed
San Antonio
Reed
U. S. Department of Defense
Armed Forces Week
Defense Department
Kelly Air Force Base
Kelly
Randolph Air Force Base
Air Force Occupational and Environmental Health Laboratory
Brooks Air Force Base
U.S
Leonid
Brezhnev
Aleksei N. Kosygin
Nikita Khrushchev
U. S
Fire damages Jefferson Davis Junior School gym
A blaze damaged the gym and athletic equipment at Jefferson Davis Junior School 464 Holmgreen causing about 15000 dollars in damages. Fire officials said students spotted the fire around 1 45 p m Friday after classes ended. The mats pile used for tumbling were the likely source and a cigarette may have started the fire. No injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Davis Junior School
Holmgreen
Dist
Gilbert Trevine
Suit Filed for Second Recount in Precinct Four
A constable candidate Wickiter who lost to incumbent Bob Garcia by 11 votes seeks a second recount and an integrity review of ballots in district court. He claims absentee votes lacked signed stubs and some voters did not reside in the precinct, and that many eligible voters were barred. A May 21 hearing is scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Garcia
Bob Wickiter
Wickiter
Wickizer
Hit
Garcia
8 Year Old Foils Attack on Cousins in Street
Police credit an 8 year old boy with stopping what could have become a sexual assault on his younger cousin. The youth, said to be a teen, was taken into custody after the incident near a grocery route in the NO block of Culebra. The assailant lured them into a vacant house with a offer of money for washing windows and attempted to undress the boy and then attacked the girl before fleeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NO Block
Culebra
Pollen
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ameriga
Hoover
Wis
Macia
Cocrier
Nagoya
Kobe
Osaka
Mada
Priyvilepy
Macha
Doolitle
Light Files
Quin
Rialto Theater
Ft. Sam Houston
Calvert
Ayy
Mortiy
Hubert Zulaica
Echeverria
Instituto, Mexicans de Comercio Exterior
IMCE
Mexican Institue For
City of
Mexico City
Jully Paesler
Jorge Ganayati
Argartizutiutt
Los Pinos
Convention Center
Congress
the Light
Donald Rumsfeld
Thomas
Reed Russ
Adder
Billy Graham Boyd
Dr. Brothers
Gossi
Phyllis Battette
Heloise
Ita Society
Mirror of Mind
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!