Black plaque № 25144

Abilene, TX, United States

Lt. Col. William E. Dyess. Albany, Texas native William Edwin Dyess (b. 1916) graduated from John Tarleton Agricultural College and became an aviation cadet at Randolph Field, San Antonio. Dyess went to the Phillipine Islands as commander of the 21st Pursuit Squadron of P-40 aircraft. After the Japa

nese attacked Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, and invaded the Phillipines, Dyess led successful attackes against Japanese shipping in Subic Bay, with few operational planes, and served as an infantry

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