![]() ![]() On November 11, 2015, Military Casualty Researcher Bill Beigel will present “Return of the WWII Dead: How the demands of American families changed history” at the Silent Wings Museum in Lubbock, Texas. The presentation includes a special segment on “Silent Wings” glider pilot Captain Norman L. This program, which stretched from 1947 to 1951, remains a forgotten legacy of the Truman Presidency, and was a direct result of the demands by American families that battlefield graves wouldn’t do for their lost sons. No other nation returned its war dead after World War II. The “Return of the WWII Dead” program was unprecedented in expense and scope and remains unique in world history. These were the American soldiers, flyers, naval personnel and Marines who had met their deaths overseas in the War and whose remains were being returned, at government expense, to their waiting families. You are invited to subscribe to the Lowell Thomas award-winning NPR Podcast travel show Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer via:įacebook: /thomaswilmer.96 Lubbock Texas, Texas, U.S.A train conductor prays over mortuary cars loaded with U.S. ![]() ![]() Fully restored CG 4A Glider at Silent Wings Museum Lubbock. Today, just a stones throw from the old South Plains Army Air Corps field is the Silent Wings Museum with an incredible array of historic artifacts, including a fully restored CG 4A glider. Lubbock served as one of the key training facilities where more than 5,000 glider pilots received their wings before shipping out overseas. Glider training bases were located around America. Photo Credit: Tom Wilmer Only seven glider aircraft remain in the world and one is showcased at the Silent Wings Museum in Lubbock, Texas. Click here to listen to Eddy Grigsby’s NPR podcast interview at the Silent Wings Museum CG 4A Glider cockpit at Silent Wings Museum, Lubbock Texas. The gliders first saw duty in Italy and subsequently played a vital role in delivering troops and material during the D-Day invasion of Normandy. Close to 14,000 glider aircraft were manufactured for combat roles in the European theater of WWII. Come along and join Eddy Grigsby, Assistant Museum Manager at the Silent Wings Museum as he visits with NPR podcast host, Tom Wilmer. ![]()
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