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The 1138th Military Police Company (MP Co) was federally recognized and assigned to West Plains, Missouri with a detachment in Doniphan, Missouri on 15 January 1968. Company headquarters, one platoon, and the machine gun section were located at West Plains and the detachment at Doniphan was made up of the remaining two platoons.
A third victim, Ronald Sterghos, escaped injury in an earlier attack on October 7, 1977. [2] [3] The bombings ceased after that and were never solved, despite an extensive effort by police. [2] The bombings have been described as random, [1] and some investigators believed that they were the work of a deranged individual. [1]
Stephen W. Thompson (March 20, 1894 – October 9, 1977) was an American aviator of World War I.Flying as a gunner on a French aircraft in February 1918, he became the first member of the United States military to shoot down an enemy aircraft.
West Plains is characterized by four distinct seasons and is located near the northern border of a humid subtropical climate (Cfa), as defined by the Köppen climate classification system; as such, West Plains tends to be exceptionally humid in the late summer. On average, there are 44.6 days with highs over 90 °F (32 °C), 3.3 with highs over ...
Crews working at the site of the deadliest aviation disaster in a generation have recovered all 67 victims of the collision between two aircraft over the Potomac River in Washington, DC, officials ...
The bomb is discovered by security guard Richard Jewell who raises an alert. One person is killed and 111 others are wounded in the explosion. Rudolph escapes and becomes a fugitive for 10 years. Rudolph's bomb is intended to force the cancellation of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia due to his outrage over legal abortion. Eric ...
New week, more snow and ice for the Northeast, Midwest and Plains. Our latest forecast has what you need to know to plan around these latest winter storms. USA TODAY 20 hours ago
It returned to West Plains, Missouri in May 1991 with a hero's welcome. In 2012, Missouri organized the Missouri State Defense Force to serve as Missouri's official state defense force and to augment the Missouri National Guard during stateside missions. [7] The Missouri State Defense Force was disbanded in 2022.