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Dudley E. Faver
Major General Dudley Ervin Faver (August 17, 1916 – August 5, 2011) was a United States Air Force major general who was director, Secretary of the Air Force Personnel Council, Washington, D.C. Early life Faver was born in 1916 in Sweetwater, Texas. He graduated in 1933 from Newman High School, Sweetwater, Texas and received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1937 at Abilene Christian College in Abilene, Texas. After graduation, he taught at Levelland High School in Levelland, Texas, in which he eventually became the principal. He became a qualified pilot while awaiting assignment to flight training and obtained his private flying license in 1940. Faver entered the Army Air Corps as an aviation cadet in March 1941. He attended primary flight training at the Ryan School of Aeronautics in Hemet, California, basic flight training at Moffett Field, California and advanced flight training at Mather Air Field, California. He graduated from flight training in the Class of 41-H and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweetwater, Texas
Sweetwater is a municipality in and the seat of Nolan County, Texas, United States. It is 123 miles southeast of Lubbock and 40 miles west of Abilene, Texas. Its population was 10,906 at the 2010 census. History The town's name "Sweetwater" is the English translation of the Kiowa language word "Mobeetie". Sweetwater received a U.S. post office in 1879. The Texas and Pacific Railway started service in 1881, with the first train arriving on March 12 of that year, beginning Sweetwater's long history as a railroad town. To encourage the railroads, Sweetwater increased its water supply by building a small town lake called City Lake in 1898 (now called Newman Park), then three larger lakes were constructed thereafter. Construction began on the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway in 1903. By 1912 the Santa Fe Railway was serving Sweetwater via its new Coleman Cutoff and completing a connection with the T&P nearby at "Tecific" junction. Businesses and homes were built along the rai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
