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Wayne Hayes remembers a time when he would drive past a sign on what now is North Mulberry Street in Elizabethtown that declared the cityâs population to be 4,500. With the population now estimated to be more than 30,000, a great deal of growth and change have occurred throughout Hayesâ life. Despite all the transformations that have happened around him, Hayes has maintained some key values, including a strong faith, a dedication to family and a devotion to service for his community and his country. On April 13, Hayes will celebrate 100 years of life. Although simply being a centenarian is quite the achievement in itself, the way Hayes has filled those 100 years â from fighting in World War II to maintaining a local business for three decades to finding new love in his golden years â is much more remarkable. ....
This 1942 Vultee BT-13 Valiant Once Trained America’s War Pilots 3 Apr 2021, 6:08 UTC · by The name Vultee Aircraft has long left the world scene, so it pretty much means nothing for the people in our age and time. But back in the years of the Second World War though, it was a big name for a lot of the American pilots that would later go on to fight over the planet s battlefields. 6 photos That’s because a lot of them learned how to fly and fight on something called Vultee BT-13 Valiant. The machine, developed for the branch called back then the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC), was used for the second phase of the three-phase training program all pilots had to go through. ....