October 11, 1946
In honor of the brave leader of the "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" Centerville (west of Rolla on Route 66) was re-named for the leader of the raid, St. Louis oil executive, Jimmy Doolittle. General Doolittle himself was there for the ceremony.
The Story Behind General Douglas MacArthur’s Legendary Missouri-Made Pipe
Here's how the Missouri Meerschaum company ended up being commissioned to create a custom pipe for one of America's most legendary generals.
February 23, 1945
Lieutenant Harold George Schrier, a Missourian, led a group of US Marines up Mount Suribachi and, on this date, planted a flag at her top signaling the great victory at Iwo Jima. Schrier was born at Corder, MO and want to school at Lexington, MO.