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Killeen's mayor will take time this week to honor a Killeen man who participated in one of the  most dangerous air raids of World War II. Bob Gray Day is Sunday, April 18, but Killeen Mayor Jose Segarra will visit Gray's gravesite on Friday at 2 PM. According to a City of Killeen News Release, Mayor Segarra will  present an official proclamation to a Gray descendant and join in laying a wreath of remembrance. So, who is Bob Gray? Captain Robert “Bob” Gray was a Killeen native, born May 24, 1919, who flew in the Doolittle Raid over Tokyo on April 18 1942 - about five months after the...

Public domain (courtesy of H2O Radio) In 1948, a World War II-era bomber crashed into Lake Mead, the massive reservoir formed by Hoover Dam that straddles the Arizona-Nevada border. After several failed attempts to locate the plane, it was finally discovered in the early 2000s—still remarkably intact. As lake levels fall, will the draw to see the aircraft finish it off? Lake Mead, Nev.— The official crash report said the pilots were flying low to collect a last bit of scientific data before returning to base and that the instruments on their B-29 aircraft were improperly calibrated. Als...

Skip to main content Currently Reading Fort Sam Houston's famed Quadrangle peacocks a tradition still strutting after 120 years at the San Antonio Army post FacebookTwitterEmail 1of5 A peacock stands among ducks and other peafowl in the Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Quadrangle.Lisa Krantz /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less 2of5 A photo marked 1947 of peafowl at the Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Quadrangle.Fort Sam Houston MuseumShow MoreShow Less 3of5 A photo circa 1920 of a peafowl at the Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Quadrangle.Fort Sam Houston MuseumShow Mo...

Unidentified Member of the Richmond HowitzersThe Richmond Howitzer Company of the 1st Regiment of Volunteers was founded on November 9, 1859, by George Wythe Randolph, a grandson of Thomas Jefferson, a U.S. Navy veteran, and a Richmond lawyer. After electing Randolph its first captain, the company, which was recruited from elite Richmond circles, marched to Charles Town, Virginia (now West Virginia), to help provide security during Brown’s trial and subsequent execution. Curious out-of-towners had flooded into Jefferson County, taxing the authorities’ ability to keep order. In addition,...

Sophie Perry The Warming, by Stanley Johnson - Credit: Edwin Smet & Author/PA What if Captain Scott unknowingly discovered a mineral that could solve climate change? That's the premise of the latest novel by Boris Johnson's father, Stanley. The book is billed as a "pulse-pounding adventure" which bolts between the South American jungle, Amsterdam, the Falkland Islands and Antarctica.  The Warming follows journalist Charles Hodson who is on the trail of his missing brother in the Brazilian rainforest. The personal rescue mission becomes something much more terrifying when Charles uncovers ev...