John H Towers
American
Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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1911/06/27 | John Towers received orders to the Curtiss Flying School. There he became the Navy's third aviator, following TG Ellyson and John Rodgers. | Naval Aviator No 3 | Naval Air Station, San Diego, Historic District | San Diego, CA | Birth of Naval Aviation | ||
1911/09/00 | John Towers establishes the US Navy's first aviation facility at Greenbury Point near Annapolis, Maryland | Commander | Birth of Naval Aviation | ||||
1945/09/02 | Representatives sign the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the United States, China, Britain, the USSR, Australia, Canada, France, the Netherlands and New Zealand. | Witness | USS MISSOURI | World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument - Hawaii | Imperial Japan Surrenders |
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