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WWII train boxcar used for POWs arrives at Mighty Eighth | WJCL

Press Release | WWII-Era German Box Car Arrives in Georgia to Join National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force Future Exhibit

Chatham County, GA (August 4, 2025) — A powerful symbol of wartime resilience and sacrifice has arrived in Georgia. On Friday, August 1, a 1902 German box car, one of the few…

Press Release: National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force Awarded Tripadvisor Traveler’s Choice Award 2025

Chatham County, GA, July 2025 – The National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force is pleased to announce that it has been recognized in Tripadvisor’s® Travelers’ Choice® Awards for 2025. The…

The long journey home: 2nd Lt. Milton Leonard Hymes, Jr. | The Current

At age 22, 2Lt. Milton Leonard Hymes, Jr., the navigator aboard a B-24J Liberator heavy bomber, took off from an airbase in Norfolk, England, on an ill-fated mission deep into Nazi occupied…

Nearly 80 years later, fallen WWII soldier laid to rest | WTOC

A precession of honor for 2Lt. Milton Leonard Hymes, Jr., as family and community members gathered to finally lay his body to rest. The Savannah native, who went missing during a bombing…