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A U.S. Army Air Corps mission pilot, Larry Montgomery, contacted Townsend in 1946, informing him that a Grumman Duck, a navy amphibious plane, was on sale as army surplus for a cheap price. [ 3 ] : 199 The plane proved its worth and in one incident it served as the sole rescue transport for a crashed Peruvian military plane in 1947.
Anne Luther Bagby (March 20, 1859- December 22, 1942) was an American Baptist missionary from Texas. She was the first woman from the Texas Baptists to become a foreign missionary. [1] She also served as a leader of the Texas Baptists when she was not doing missionary work in Brazil. [2] Overall, Bagby worked as a missionary for sixty-one years ...
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Peter Parker – missionary and doctor in 19th-century China; Ellen M. Stone - missionary, teacher, author remembered for the Miss Stone Affair; Arthur Henderson Smith – missionary and author, more than 50 years in China; Betsey Stockton – missionary to Hawaii; a freed slave who was one of the first American single women to go on a foreign ...
The San Antonio Missions are a World Heritage Site located in and near San Antonio, Texas, United States. The World Heritage Site consists of five mission sites, a historic ranch, and related properties. These outposts were established in the early 1700s by Catholic religious orders to spread Christianity among the local natives.
Just four days ago, Christian Oliver expressed that he was looking forward to a strong and prosperous 2024. But tragedy struck on Thursday, when the Speed Racer actor and his two daughters were ...
1797 – Netherlands Missionary Society formed; [202] [204] The Duff, carrying 36 lay and pastoral missionaries, sails to three islands of the South Pacific; [205] The first Christian missionary (from the London Missionary Society) visits Hiva on the Pacific island of Tahuata; he is not well received.
Three Christian missionaries from Missions in Haiti were shot and killed in an ambush by a gang in Haiti, the Oklahoma-based group said on Friday. The missionaries were taking shelter in a house ...