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Hesler-Noble Field covers 1,350 acres (546 ha) at an elevation of 238 feet (73 m). Its one runway, 13/31, is 5,513 by 150 feet (1,680 x 46 m) asphalt. [1]In the year ending April 19, 2012 the airport had 22,975 aircraft operations, average 62 per day: 95% general aviation and 5% military. 43 aircraft were then based at this airport: 58% single-engine, 21% multi-engine, 9% jet, 7% ultralight ...
Laurel, MS: Live event: Defeated Lee Fields in a tournament final. 8 Lee Fields 3 April 14, 1959: 35 Laurel, MS: Live event 9 John Smith 1 May 19, 1959: N/A: Laurel, MS: Live event — Vacated — October 1959 — Jackson, MS: Live event: Championship vacated following a controversial match between Lee Fields and The Mighty Yankee. 10 Pancho ...
Laurel is a city in and the second county seat of Jones County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 17,161. [4] Laurel is northeast of Ellisville, the first county seat, which contains the first county courthouse. It has the second county courthouse, as Jones County has two judicial districts.
The 369th Infantry Regiment, originally formed as the 15th New York National Guard Regiment before it was re-organized as the 369th upon its federalization, and commonly referred to as the Harlem Hellfighters, was an infantry regiment of the New York Army National Guard during World War I and World War II.
Hellfighters is a 1968 American adventure film directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and starring John Wayne, Katharine Ross, Jim Hutton, and Vera Miles. The movie depicts a group of oil well firefighters , and is based loosely on the life of Red Adair .
Needham Roberts (April 28, 1901 – April 18, 1949) was an American soldier in the Harlem Hellfighters and recipient of the Purple Heart and the Croix de Guerre for his valor during World War I. Early life
The 1968 John Wayne movie Hellfighters was based loosely upon the feats of Adair during the 1962 fire in the Sahara. [9] Adair received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement in 1980. [10] The History Channel's Modern Marvels episode on "Oil Well Firefighting" was one of Adair's last interviews prior to his death. The ...
Jasper County is part of the Laurel, MS Micropolitan Statistical Area. Bay Springs' growth soon surpassed that of Paulding. No roadway connected the two parts of the county until one was built in 1935–1936. The still largely rural county is the major producer in the state of gas and oil, located in the southeast, and of timber, cattle, and ...