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Raymond S. Miller
Raymond Simeon Miller (December 14, 1891 – September 27, 1961) was a United States military brigadier general and military aviation pioneer. Known as the "Father of the Air National Guard" for his historical flight in 1920 that resulted in the formation of the first federally recognized Air National Guard, National Guard aviation unit after the National Guard Bureau, Militia Bureau had authorized states to organize such units earlier that year. Early life and education Ray Miller was born on December 14, 1891, to John and Anna Miller, on a farm in Pleasant Township, just 3.5 miles west of Van Wert, Ohio on Lincoln Highway (Highway 12). While growing up, Ray Miller attended a one-room brick schoolhouse about .75 miles south of his family farm. He did not attend high school, which was attributed in a biography to his bashful personality. Although, while bashful, he did excel in sports like baseball and sport shooting. As a teenager, he bought an Indian Motorcycle and was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van Wert, Ohio
Van Wert is a city in Van Wert County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. It is located in northwestern Ohio approximately southwest of Toledo, Ohio, Toledo and southeast of Fort Wayne, Indiana. The population was 11,092 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Micropolitan statistical area, Van Wert micropolitan area, which is included in the Lima-Van Wert-Wapakoneta, OH Combined Statistical Area, Lima–Van Wert–Wapakoneta combined statistical area. Van Wert is List of Ohio county name etymologies, named for Isaac Van Wart, one of the captors of Major John André in the American Revolutionary War. A center of peony cultivation, Van Wert has hosted the annual Van Wert Peony Festival on and off since 1902. Van Wert is home to the first county library in the United States, the Brumback Library. History Van Wert was surveyed in 1824 by Captain James Riley (captain), James Riley, who was contracted by the government to survey lands p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
