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Historical Impressions

By Nathan Coker
In Historical Impressions
May 30th, 2025
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by Guy Miller, Vice Chair Emeritus, Chennault Aviation and Military Museum This month marks exactly eight years since I wrote my first article on behalf of the Chennault Aviation and Military Museum.  I think it’s time.  It’s time for me to let other voices be heard; voices with new points of view an...
By Nathan Coker
In Historical Impressions
Apr 30th, 2025
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by Guy Miller, Vice Chair Emeritus, Chennault Aviation and Military Museum Folks who live in the South know we really do have it better than the rest of the country.  We have the best food.  We have the best music.  We have a climate that allows year-round activity.  People here are friendlier and mo...
By Nathan Coker
In Historical Impressions
Mar 28th, 2025
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by Guy Miller, Vice Chair Emeritus, Chennault Aviation and Military Museum One of the bloodiest and most pivotal conflicts in U.S. history effectively ended on April 9.  This event took place in a small, rural Virginia village and was a moment of both military and political significance which encompa...
By Nathan Coker
In Historical Impressions
Feb 28th, 2025
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by Guy Miller, Vice Chair Emeritus, Chennault Aviation and Military Museum I have a history question for you. Who is Mae Jemison?  Everyone should know this name; especially if you were born in the mid-1980s or earlier.  But in case you don’t know or remember let me refresh your memory. Mae Carol Jem...
By Nathan Coker
In Historical Impressions
Jan 30th, 2025
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by Guy Miller, Vice Chair Emeritus, Chennault Aviation and Military Museum How often do you look at someone and think “now there is a truly successful person?”  Many of the most successful people of all time, however, were failures at various points during their lives.  It is widely recognized that f...
By Nathan Coker
In Historical Impressions
Jan 3rd, 2025
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by Guy Miller, Vice Chair Emeritus, Chennault Aviation and Military Museum Although most of us wish to spend the New Year celebration with family or friends, some occupations require people on duty who don’t have that choice.  First responders, medical and military personnel are obvious exceptions.  ...
By Nathan Coker
In Historical Impressions
Dec 4th, 2024
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by Guy Miller, Vice Chair Emeritus, Chennault Aviation and Military Museum In 1942 American shipping came under attack by the U-boats of the German Navy.  To combat this threat, America turned to experienced aviators who could engage the Nazi submarines in combat.  These aviators were not our profess...
By Nathan Coker
In Historical Impressions
Oct 31st, 2024
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by Guy Miller, Vice Chair Emeritus, Chennault Aviation and Military Museum This is an election year so November is all about politics.  Political signs, political rallies, political speeches, political emails, texts and calls asking for money and mostly political news droning on and on where ever you...
By Nathan Coker
In Historical Impressions
Oct 1st, 2024
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by Guy Miller, Vice Chair Emeritus, Chennault Aviation and Military Museum I’ve heard it said most people don’t remember anything that happens during the first few years of their lives. While this is generally true for me, I do have bits of memory from various times I spent in the house my grandparen...
By Nathan Coker
In Historical Impressions
Sep 2nd, 2024
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by Guy Miller, Vice Chair Emeritus, Chennault Aviation and Military Museum People who are dressed very well are always noticed.  What constitutes being dressed well is dictated by fashion, quality of materials and cut, appropriateness to the situation and the neatness and fit of the clothing worn.  B...