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Replacement Training Unit (RTU) 1968-1969

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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
On April 22, 1968, the 354th Tactical Fighter Wing was replaced at Myrtle Beach Air Force Base by the 113th Tactical Fighter Wing, a former District of Columbia Air National Guard (ANG) unit which had been recalled to active . . .

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Mayors of Myrtle Beach

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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Mayors of Myrtle Beach 1938 – 1939 W. L. Harrelson 1939 – 1941 Ben M. Graham 1941 – 1943 W. L. Harrelson 1943 – 1947 O. C. Callaway 1947 – 1949 H.W. Tallevast 1949 – 1954 J. N. Ramsey 1954 – 1955 Ernest W. . . .

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Forgotten Warriors

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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
“Forgotten Warriors” Honored by the Grand Strand June 28, 2008 Wolmi-Do Island Pusan Inchon Sudong Seoul Chosin Reservoir Korean Conflict June 25, 1950 - July 27, 1953 Donated By Rolling Thunder, Inc. South . . .

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Empty Chair POW MIA Memorial

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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Let this empty chair serve as a memorial to those who served our great Nation, but have never returned to us. They are Prisoners Of War and our Missing In Action Dedicated to City of Myrtle Beach by Rolling Thunder, Inc. . . .

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Battlefield Cross

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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association 34-3 Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Battlefield Cross Dedicated 04 July 2015 Honor – Respect - Remember

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Merchant Marine Monument

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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
In Memory and to Honor All Men of The Merchant Marine Lest We Forget Donated By The John T. Schmidt Palmetto Mariners Chapter of South Carolina In Peace And War 1775 Dedicated 2016

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8th Indiana Battery

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Text on the Front Side of the Monument: 8th Indiana Battery 1st Brigade - Buell 1st Division - Wood 21st Corps - Crittenden Text on the Back Side of the Monument: Indiana's Tribute To Her Eighth Battery. Captain George . . .

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Baseball Field

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Rockville, Maryland.
The practice field for Rockville's African American baseball team was located between North Washington Street and present-day Hungerford Drive. The team played around the county and in Washington, D.C. from the early 1900s . . .

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Honoring Dr. John J. Craven

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Fort Monroe, Virginia.
Honoring Dr. John J. Craven of the United States Army Whose Humanity, Intelligent Companionship and Professional Skill Lightened The Monotony, The Loneliness and the Physical Suffering of Jefferson Davis President of The . . .

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A-7D Corsair

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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Named after a type of pirate vessel the Corsair was the United States Navy's famed F-4U fighter aircraft of World War II. It was manufactured by the Chance Vought Corporation, which eventually became the LTV Corporation and . . .

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F-100 D/F Super Sabre

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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
The F-100 D/F was assigned to the 354th Fighter Day Wing, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, early in 1957. It continued to be flown by the Wing through many deployments around the world. The wing squadrons were sent to Vietnam . . .

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81st Indiana Infantry

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Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Text on the Front Side of the Monument: 81st Regiment Indiana Infantry. 2nd Brigade - Carlin. 1st Division - Davis. 20th Corps - McCook. Text on the Back Side of the Monument: Indiana's Tribute To Her Eighty-First . . .

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Harrison County Confederate Monument

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Gulfport, Mississippi.
"In Memory of our Confederate Dead"

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Moss Point Blues

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Moss Point, Mississippi.
Front The African American community of Moss Point has produced an abundance of talented musicians, including many who entertained along the Gulf Coast as well as some who traveled across the country and overseas as members . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment • African Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mississippi Gulf Coast Blues & Heritage Festival

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Pascagoula, Mississippi.
Front The Mississippi Gulf Coast Blues & Heritage Festival, one of the longest running blues festivals in the Deep South, was founded in 1991 by the Mississippi Gulf Coast Blues Commission, Inc. At the Mississippi Coast . . .

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P-51 Mustang

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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
P-51 Mustang is the nickname for the deadliest and greatest air-to-air fighter aircraft of World War II. At the beginning of World War II, England desperately needed some fighter aircraft and sought to buy several Curtiss . . .

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354th Wing Inactivation

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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
354th Fighter Wing Inactivation 31 March 1993 Myrtle Beach Air Force Base, South Carolina ? European Theater of Operaton ? Lebanon ? Berlin ? Cuban Missle Crisis ? Dominican Republic Crisis ? Southeast Asia ? Republic of . . .

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Myrtle Beach Air Force Base

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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
To commemorate the history of the Myrtle Beach Air Force Base and the people who were a part of it, the City of Myrtle Beach and the Myrtle Beach Air Force Base Redevelopment Authority erected a signage program to capture . . .

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354th Fighter Group History

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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
In August 1990, the 354th was once again deployed for combat operations this time in the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Desert Shield. By the end of the conflict, the 354th's A-10s were credited with destroying 950 . . .

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Warrior

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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
This sculpture, by Doctor Richard A. Fahy, was presented to the Grand Strand PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) Group in early 2012. It was dedicated on Memorial Day, 28 May 2012. The sculpture represents the indomitable . . .

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