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Charles Joseph Loring Jr. (October 2, 1918 – November 22, 1952) was a fighter pilot in the United States Army Air Forces in World War II, and later in the United States Air Force in the Korean War. Loring rose to the rank of major and posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on November 22, 1952, above Kunwha, Korea ...
Charles Greely Loring Jr. (December 26, 1828 – August 18, 1902) was an American military officer who attained the rank of brevet major general in the Union Army during the Civil War. He later served as curator and director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston .
Charles J. Loring, Jr. † Air Force: Major: Sniper Ridge, Kumhwa, North Korea: November 22, 1952: 80th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, 8th Fighter-Bomber Wing Sacrificed his life by diving his damaged airplane into enemy gun emplacements —
Loring AFB was named in 1954 for Major Charles J. Loring, Jr., USAF, a Medal of Honor recipient during the Korean War. During the morning of 22 November 1952, he led a flight of F-80 Shooting Stars on patrol over Kunwha. After beginning a dive bombing run and getting hit, he entered into a controlled dive and destroyed a Chinese gun emplacement ...
The Curtain Closes on Loring With the fall of the Iron Curtain, Loring lost its strategic importance, and in 1991, the Department of Defense selected it for the second round of major BRAC cuts.
Charles Greely Loring (lawyer) (1794–1867), American lawyer and politician based in Boston, father of the Civil War general Charles Harding Loring (1828–1907), American mechanical engineer Charles J. Loring Jr. (1918–1952), United States Air Force officer and Medal of Honor recipient
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In said meeting, Prince Charles pretty overtly takes Major’s temperature on whether the Queen (his own mother!) is still fit for duty and not-so-subtly makes the case for himself to be King ...