It is with great family pride and honor that I share with you the life of my tata: Arthur Van Haren Jr. Born on April 9, 1920, in Superior, Arizona, my tata belonged to a Mexican-American pioneer Arizona family. His parents were born in Arizona during territorial...
Lt. Hamilton “Mac” McWhorter III was the first F6F Hellcat ace of the US Navy. He attended the University of Georgia and Georgia Tech, before entering the Navy’s flight program in August, 1941 and was commissioned at Pensacola in Feb., 1942. He flew...
Born 24 October 1917 in Moline Illinois. His father taught him to fly before he was 12 years old. When he tried to enlist for pilot training in the American military before the attack on Pearl Harbor, he was rejected because he was married. He joined the RCAF in...
Brigadier General Robin Olds was the director of aerospace safety in the Air Force Inspection and Safety Center, a separate operating agency and an organization of the Office of the Inspector General, Headquarters U.S. Air Force. General Olds has worldwide...
