Famous People from
Menard County, Texas including Hewitt T Wheless
Hewitt T Wheless born
in Menard County Texas, he became a United
States Air Force officer known for his heroism
on a bombing mission against Japanese ships in
the Philippines on December 14, 1941, a week
after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. His
career is chronicled in Beyond the Line of
Duty, a 1942 Academy Award winning film
directed by Lewis Seiler.
Paul W Beck born
in Fort McKavett, Menard County Texas. Beck was
an officer in the United States Army, an
aviation pioneer, and one of the first military
pilots. He is generally credited as being the
first military officer to advocate a separate
air arm.
Harry D
Thiers, born January 22, 1919 in Fort
McKavett, Menard County Texas was a mycologist
who studied and named a great many fungi of
native to North America.
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