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    Wilbur Jackson Thomas (October 29, 1920 – January 28, 1947) was an American combat pilot who was a United States Marine Corps fighter ace during World...
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  • and musician Wilbur Sweatman (1882–1961), African-American ragtime and dixieland jazz composer, bandleader and clarinetist Wilbur J. Thomas (1920–1947)...
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    Wright brothers, Orville Wright (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur Wright (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912), were American aviation pioneers...
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    Thomas Buchanan McGuire Jr. (August 1, 1920 – January 7, 1945) was an American United States Army major who was killed in action while serving as a member...
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    victory marking on P-38 List of Medal of Honor recipients for World War II Thomas McGuire, American combat pilot with the second-most enemy planes shot down...
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    had grown up as Gregory Hallenbeck, and assumed his stepfather, Ellsworth J. Hallenbeck, was his father. When he obtained a copy of his birth certificate...
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    received a conditional commitment for nomination from Pennsylvania Congressman J. Buell Snyder, Olds moved to Uniontown, Pennsylvania, where he lived in the...
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    Alexander Vraciu (19) Arthur J. Benko (18.5) Marion E. Carl (18.5) Leonard K. Carson (18.5) Glenn T. Eagleston (18.5) Wilbur J. Thomas (18.5) Walter C. Beckham...
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    "Pearl Harbor Japanese Aircraft Crash Sites, Records, & Artifacts: Part II". j-aircraft.com. Retrieved 29 June 2014. Prange 1981, pp. 534, 538. Wolf, William...
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    Alexander Vraciu (19) Arthur J. Benko (18.5) Marion E. Carl (18.5) Leonard K. Carson (18.5) Glenn T. Eagleston (18.5) Wilbur J. Thomas (18.5) Walter C. Beckham...
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    United States Navy. Retrieved 23 July 2014. Bibliography Crowder, Michael J. (2000). United States Marine Corps Aviation Squadron Lineage, Insignia &...
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    markings HV:P, those of Johnson. Citations 2nd Lts. William L. Cornelius, John J. Williams, and Irwin A. Woodring of the 95th Pursuit Squadron, based at Rockwell...
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    Your Story". iHeart. April 18, 2022. Retrieved November 12, 2022. Novelly, Thomas. "100-Year-Old Flying Ace is Promoted to Honorary Brigadier General by Air...
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    Alexander Vraciu (19) Arthur J. Benko (18.5) Marion E. Carl (18.5) Leonard K. Carson (18.5) Glenn T. Eagleston (18.5) Wilbur J. Thomas (18.5) Walter C. Beckham...
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    site 724.." In Their Honor. Retrieved: February 13, 2010. Boyne, Walter J., "Gabreski", Air Force magazine, Vol. 88, No. 11, November 2005. Davis, Larry...
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    Joe Foss (redirect from Joseph J. Foss)
    World War II. New York: Random House, 1961. ISBN 0-394-90396-X. Miller, Thomas G. Jr. The Cactus Air Force. New York: Ballantine Books, 1969. ISBN 0-553-14766-8...
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    Alexander Vraciu (19) Arthur J. Benko (18.5) Marion E. Carl (18.5) Leonard K. Carson (18.5) Glenn T. Eagleston (18.5) Wilbur J. Thomas (18.5) Walter C. Beckham...
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    Ace. Greensboro, NC: Preddy Memorial Foundation. ISBN 0-9669042-1-4 Scutts, J. (1994). Mustang Aces of the Eighth Air Force. Oxford: Osprey Publishing....
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    Wilbur Louis Ross Jr. (born November 28, 1937) is an American businessman who served as the 39th United States Secretary of Commerce from 2017 to 2021...
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    Wilbur John Carr (October 31, 1870 - June 26, 1942) was an American diplomat. He was a leader in building a professional American diplomatic corps, cutting...
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  • tells the story of a livestock pig named Wilbur and his friendship with a barn spider named Charlotte. When Wilbur is in danger of being slaughtered by the...
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    his job with the Diamond Alkali Company, he and a friend purchased a Piper J-3 in the mid-1930s, flying it from Willoughby Field, Ohio. However, his friend...
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    The Wilbur Theatre is a historic performing arts theater at 244–250 Tremont Street in Boston, Massachusetts. The Wilbur Theatre originally opened in 1914...
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  • remains were never found. Lynch earned the following decorations: Lynch, Thomas J. Captain, U.S. Army Air Forces 39th Fighter Squadron, 35th Fighter Group...
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    Wilbur Addison Smith (9 January 1933 – 13 November 2021) was a Northern Rhodesian-born British-South African novelist specializing in historical fiction...
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    psychology class: during the final exam, he threw an eraser at his professor Paul J. Fay, shouted, "I just can't stand it any longer!", then jumped out the second-story...
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    Alexander Vraciu (19) Arthur J. Benko (18.5) Marion E. Carl (18.5) Leonard K. Carson (18.5) Glenn T. Eagleston (18.5) Wilbur J. Thomas (18.5) Walter C. Beckham...
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  • States U.S. Army Air Forces 18.5 +2 in Korean War (+5 ground kills) Wilbur J. Thomas  United States U.S. Marine Corps 18.5 Lev Shestakov †  Soviet Union...
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  • based on the 1990 children's book A Day with Wilbur Robinson by William Joyce. The film was directed by Stephen J. Anderson (in his feature directorial debut)...
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    Alexander Vraciu (19) Arthur J. Benko (18.5) Marion E. Carl (18.5) Leonard K. Carson (18.5) Glenn T. Eagleston (18.5) Wilbur J. Thomas (18.5) Walter C. Beckham...
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