POOLER, Ga. (WTOC) - The National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force needs your help to honor the heroes who gave their lives during World War II. The museum is hosting it’s fifth annual “Flags for ...
On Jan. 28, 1942, The U.S. Army Air Corps assigned seven men to the newly formed 8 th Air Force in Savannah, Georgia. At the time, the prospective pilots did not even have a plane, but before the end ...
Two WWII veterans, Kenneth Beckman and Bruce Cook, shared their wartime experiences at the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force's 5th Annual WWII panel. Both veterans emphasized the ...
On October 8, 1943 John "Lucky" Luckadoo was on his 22nd mission with the 100th bombardment group, or the Bloody Hundredth, in the Eighth Air Force during World War II. Usually, on the later missions ...
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Thousands of flags are now spread across the grass outside the Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force. That, after hundreds of volunteers helped out with the pre-Memorial Day set ...
POOLER, Gerogia (WJCL) — Tuesday, January 28th is a historic day for both Savannah and the United States. Eighty-three years ago, January 28, 1942, the charter for the Eighth Air Force was created in ...
Denton, Tc.: University of North Texas Press, 2024. Pp. xx, 348+. Illus., maps, notes, biblio., index. $34.95. ISBN: 1574419277 This is not an operational history of ...
The National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force has been named Best Museum in the 2025 Best of Georgia Awards, presented by Georgia Business Journal. The prestigious award celebrates the museum’s ...