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Horace Seaver "Stump" Carswell Jr. (July 18, 1916 – October 26, 1944) was a United States Army major who was killed in action while serving as a member of the Army Air Forces during World War II. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor .
Major Horace S. Carswell, Jr. was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on 26 October 1944 when, in spite of intense antiaircraft fire, he attacked a Japanese convoy in the South China Sea; his plane was so badly damaged that when he reached land he ordered the crew to bail out; Carswell, however, remained with the plane to try to save one man ...
Horace S. Carswell Jr. † Air Forces: Major: over the South China Sea October 26, 1944: Assigned to the 14th USAAF in China, Carswell was flying a B-24 Liberator on the night of October 26, 1944, on a single-aircraft mission against a Japanese convoy in the South China Sea.
Horace S. Carswell, Jr. — Medal of Honor recipient [5] Billy Gault — former NFL player; Darrow Hooper — 1952 Olympic silver medalist in shot put [6] Rogers Hornsby (1914)— MLB hall of fame player, holds highest career batting average for NL player, second to Ty Cobb [7] Yale Lary — nine-time NFL pro bowler [6]
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Carswell Air Force Base was named after Medal of Honor recipient Major Horace S. Carswell, Jr. (1916–1944). Major Carswell was returning from an attack on Japanese shipping in the South China Sea on 26 October 1944. He attempted to save a crewmember whose parachute had been destroyed by flak.
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Horace S. Carswell Jr. (1916–1944), USAAF, KIA World War II; posthumous Medal of Honor recipient; namesake of Carswell Air Force Base; Robert David Law (September 15, 1944 – February 22, 1969), Medal of Honor recipient; Charles F. Pendleton, posthumous Medal of Honor recipient for actions in the Korea War; R. L. Paschal High School, Class ...