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Major Gen Carl G. Schneider, USAF (Ret)

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Mesa, Arizona.
Commemorative Air Force Arizona Military Aviation Walk of Honor Proudly Recognizes Major Gen Carl G. Schneider, USAF (Ret) Carl Schneider enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Force in 1946. He graduated from Williams AFB flying . . .

(War, Korean • Air & Space) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Rear Admiral Hugh Dennis Wisely (USN, ret)

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Mesa, Arizona.
Commemorative Air Force Arizona Military Aviation Walk of Honor Proudly Recognizes Rear Admiral Hugh Dennis Wisely (USN, ret) Admiral Wisely entered the Naval Aviation Cadet Program in 1961. He flew 350 combat missions with . . .

(War, Vietnam • Air & Space) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Barrett Tillman

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Mesa, Arizona.
Commemorative Air Force Arizona Military Aviation Walk of Honor Proudly Recognizes Barrett Tillman Barrett Tillman (born 1948) is an award-winning author who has made significant contributions to aviation history. As a . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Air & Space) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Captain Ted Elvans Lines (AAF)

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Mesa, Arizona.
Commemorative Air Force Arizona Military Aviation Walk of Honor Proudly Recognizes Captain Ted Elvans Lines (AAF) 1921 — 2005 Born and raised in Arizona, Ted Lines joined the U.S. Army Air Forces after his graduation from . . .

(War, World II • Air & Space) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

General Seth Jefferson McKee, USAF (Ret.)

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Mesa, Arizona.
Commemorative Air Force Arizona Military Aviation Walk of Honor Proudly Recognizes General Seth Jefferson McKee, USAF (Ret.) 1916 — During World War II, General Seth McKee commanded the 370th Fighter Group in Europe and . . .

(War, World II • Air & Space) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Rear Admiral Walter Lewis Chatham, USN (Ret)

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Mesa, Arizona.
Commemorative Air Force Arizona Military Aviation Walk of Honor Proudly Recognizes Rear Admiral Walter Lewis Chatham, USN (Ret) 1934 — Naval Aviator Rear Admiral “Lew” Chatham, USN (Retired) has approximately 5,000 hours in . . .

(War, Vietnam • Air & Space) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Sergei I. Sikorsky

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Mesa, Arizona.
Commemorative Air Force Arizona Military Aviation Walk of Honor Proudly Recognizes Sergei I. Sikorsky 1925 — Rotorcraft Pioneer Mr. Sergei Sikorsky learned aviation from the ground up working with his father, Igor. He began . . .

(Air & Space) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

BGen. Joseph J. Foss

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Mesa, Arizona.
Commemorative Air Force Arizona Military Aviation Walk of Honor Proudly Recognizes BGen. Joseph J. Foss 1915 — 2003 Medal of Honor Brigadier General Joseph J. Foss was awarded the Medal of Honor while flying with Marine . . .

(War, World II • Air & Space) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Arizonan Tuskegee Airmen

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Mesa, Arizona.
Commemorative Air Force Arizona Military Aviation Walk of Honor Proudly Recognizes Arizonan Tuskegee Airmen 1940 — 1949 “Red Tails” The Tuskegee Airmen set the precedent African-Americans could excel in military aviation. . . .

(War, World II • Air & Space • African Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Johnson Shoe Company

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Jamestown, North Carolina.
Johnson Bros. & Co. incorporated as a wholesale, retail, and custom workshop in 1897 with John R. Cook, president; Andrew F. Johnson, vice-president; and George W. Johnson, secretary-treasurer. George Johnson was a shoemaker . . .

(Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

3-Inch Mark 33 Deck Gun

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Mesa, Arizona.
The 3-Inch Mark 33 is a twin dual-purpose drive mount on a carriage base ring structure used with selective remote or local control. The Gun is primarily designed for defense against enemy aircraft and was installed on . . .

(Military • Air & Space) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Vacuum Telescope

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Tucson, Arizona.
The Vacuum Telescope The accompanying picture shows a cross section of the solar vacuum telescope. This facility, built in 1973, is used to study the evolution of sunspots and other solar magnetic fields. It is operated . . .

(Science & Medicine • Air & Space) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The McMath Solar Telescope

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Tucson, Arizona.
This drawing shows the interior of the McMath solar telescope. You are looking at only part of telescope which is above ground. The tunnel for the light beam and the observing rooms where the scientific work is done are . . .

(Science & Medicine) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The WIYN Observatory

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Tucson, Arizona.
The octagon-shaped building that you see in the distance is the enclosure for the telescope of the WIYN Observatory. Completed in 1994, WIYN is owned and operated by the University of Wisconsin, Indiana University, Yale . . .

(Science & Medicine • Air & Space) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Steward Observatory

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Tucson, Arizona.
Steward Observatory 90 inch Reflector University of Arizona Erected 1967 Board of Regents Jack Williams Governor · George W. Chambers President · Elwood W. Bradford · Sarah Folsom · Wesley P. Gross · Leon Levy · Norma . . .

(Science & Medicine • Air & Space) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Cooley Law Office

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Adrian, Michigan.
Here on the south side of Maumee Street in 1848, Thomas M. Cooley, a giant of the Michigan Law, established his first law office. He was a partner in the firm of Beaman, Beecher and Cooley and then established a law firm . . .

(Notable Persons) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Indian Head / The Middle Road

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near Perry, South Carolina.
(obverse) Indian Head The Indian Head, a series of springs at the head of Goodland Swamp, long served as a landmark and watering place. Travelers along the Middle Road referenced it and it appears on colonial plats. In 1781 . . .

(Native Americans • Colonial Era • War, US Revolutionary • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Remington-Wyman World War II Memorial

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Baltimore, Maryland.
To the men and women of this community whose duty and devotion with their services in World War II were not given in vain.

(War, World II) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Rockville Town Square

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Rockville, Maryland.
When Montgomery County was created in 1776, the village today known as Rockville was selected as the seat of local government. Since that time, five court houses have been built in Courthouse Square. § Postal Service began . . .

(Notable Places) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Goucher Hall

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Baltimore, Maryland.
The Woman’s College of Baltimore was founded in 1884, when Reverend John Franklin Goucher, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and his wife, Mary C. Fisher, offered land and $150,000 to establish a college for women. . . .

(Education) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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