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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XBZ_lieutenant-colonel-anthony-tony-shine-historical_Myrtle-Beach-SC.html
Lieutenant Colonel (then Captain) Anthony "Tony" Shine, a native of Pleasantville, NY, was a member of the 355th Tactical Fighter Squadron when the A-7D he was piloting disappeared beneath a cloud covering over the border of North Vietnam and Laos…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XBY_brigadier-general-james-howell-howard-a-war-memorial_Myrtle-Beach-SC.html
General Howard was the only fighter pilot awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for heroic combat flying in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.
While flying his P-51 on a bomber escort mission near Berlin in 1944, he found…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XBW_captain-stephen-richard-phillis-a-war-memorial_Myrtle-Beach-SC.html
Captain Stephen Phillis, a native of Rock Island, Illinois, was an A-10 pilot at the Myrtle Beach Air Force Base during the time when the United States military was preparing for Operation Desert Storm in response to the lraqi occupation of Kuwait…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XBV_prisoners-of-war-and-missing-in-action-a-war-memorial_Myrtle-Beach-SC.html
On May 17, 1974, Major Anthony Shine was honored in ceremonies at the Base Chapel. The event was the dedication of a Freedom Tree to honor not only Major Shine, but also those who were prisoners of war and those who are still missing in action. Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XBN_myrtle-beach-air-force-base-a-war-memorial_Myrtle-Beach-SC.html
To commemorate the history of the Myrtle Beach Air Force Base and the people who were a part of it, the City of Myrtle Beach and the Myrtle Beach Air Force Base Redevelopment Authority erected a signage program to capture and display the history. …
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Justin W. Plyler
Boardwalk Park
Dedicated during the Sun Fun Festival,
June 3, 2005
Justin Whitaker Plyler was an early visionary who loved Myrtle Beach and saw what it could become. In the 1940s, he dreamed of a reasonably priced destination …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WFO_grand-strand-historical_Myrtle-Beach-SC.html
Grand Strand
The phrase "Grand Strand" is often seen or heard while vacationing in Myrtle Beach. Grand Strand refers to the virtually uninterrupted 60 mile stretch of beach between Georgetown and Little River, SC. Each of the many commu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WFN_site-of-the-seaside-hotel-historical_Myrtle-Beach-SC.html
In Memory of
Manzy Avender Gause
Jan. 18, 1892 Oct. 26, 1966
Myrtle Spivey Gause
Sept. 13, 1893 Nov. 22, 1970
Site Of The Seaside Hotel
Manzy And Myrtie were instrumental in the dreams and creation of early Myrtle Beach's hospitality i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WF8_hurricane-hazel-historical_Myrtle-Beach-SC.html
Hurricane Hazel
Oct. 15, 1954
On the afternoon on the 15th emerging to find their physical and economic world shattered, local residents could not have envisioned that their resolve to rebuild would set their provincial resort of small, family o…
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The King's Highway
1735
By the mid 1700's a 1,300 mile continuous road linked all thirteen colonies. Called the "King's Highway" the thoroughfare stretched from Boston, Massachusetts to Charles Town, South Carolina. Kt took at least tw…