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The Grimes Manufacturing Company was founded by Warren G. Grimes in 1933. During World War II, the company built an additional building to handle the increased production. [2] At the same time, it built Grimes Field, which it continued to operate until 1987. [3] It again expanded in 1966, when construction began on a new 42,000 square foot ...
Son of Mary E. (1809–1881) and Marine captain James McCawley (1797–1839). He married his first wife, the former Mary Elizabeth Colegate (1843–1867), on March 28, 1863. [ 2 ] The oldest of two sons from this marriage, Charles L. McCawley , also received a commission in the Marine Corps and went on to receive the Marine Corps Brevet Medal ...
Commanded two Marine rifle companies in the defense of Hill 881S during a 77 day siege where they sustained nearly 100% casualties. Dabney was the son-in-law of Chesty Puller, and was belatedly awarded his Navy Cross in 2005. Robert G. Dalton Marine Corps Corporal near the DMZ, Quảng Trị Province May 25, 1969 Squad leader David J. Danner
Grimm entered active duty with the U.S. Marine Corps in 1989. He received a combat promotion to corporal, [13] and was awarded the Combat Action Ribbon, Navy Unit Commendation, the Meritorious Unit Commendation, among other awards. [citation needed] He later transferred to the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve and was discharged from service in 1997. [13]
Matahi Whakataka Brightwell ONZM (born Gregory John Brightwell; 22 July 1952) is a New Zealand master carver. He reintroduced the waka ama sport (outrigger canoe racing) in New Zealand. His notable artworks include a sculpture in cliffside stone of Ngātoro-i-rangi at Mine Bay, Lake Taupō , carved from 1976 to 1980, which has been recognised ...
Task Force 31 (TF 31) was a US Navy task force active with the United States Third Fleet during World War II, and still ready to be activated today with today's Third Fleet. . Task Force numbers were in constant use, and there were several incarnations of TF 31 during World War
Pilot Lt. Cdr. Grimes ejects, [69] but was killed. 19 March Eleventh Lockheed U-2A, 56-6684, Article 351, (delivered to the CIA 18 May 1956, modified to U-2C by July 1959) was returning from a night celestial nav-training sortie, crashed on landing at Taoyuan Air Base, Taiwan, killing Republic Of China Air Force pilot Chih Yao Hua. During a ...
In 1861, Grimes was a member of the peace convention held in Washington, D.C., in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending Civil War. In December 1861, he introduced the senate bill which led to the creation of the Medal of Honor (initially only for Navy and Marine personnel). [2]